County Durham Settlement Study
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County Durham Settlement Study
The County Durham Plan Consultation Report County Durham Settlement Study December 2010 Contents 1. CONTEXT 2 2. METHODOLOGY 3 3. SCORING MATRIX 5 4. WEIGHTING 8 5. SETTLEMENT GROUPINGS 8 6. HOW TO COMMENT 19 APPENDICES 1. SETTLEMENT FACILITIES RECORDING SHEET 20 2. SETTLEMENT FACILITIES 21 3. SETTLEMENTS BY DELIVERY AREA 23 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study 1 Context Over the past few decades the concept of 'sustainable development', which balances social, economic and environmental goals, has become increasingly important in planning. Planning Policy Statement 1: Sustainable Development states that it is 'the core principle underpinning planning.' A related policy aspiration, translated into law via the Sustainable Communities Act 2007, is the desire to achieve 'sustainable communities'. Much has been written on what constitutes a 'sustainable community'. The Sustainable Communities Plan (ODPM, 2003) lists some of the key requirements of a sustainable community. They should have a flourishing local economy; strong leadership, effective engagement and participation by local people; a safe and healthy local environment; good public transport; good quality public services; and a diverse, vibrant and creative local culture. The built environment should be of 'the right layout to support basic amenities' and should include 'decent homes of different types and tenures'. This study is designed to look at elements of this list of requirements: it looks at the amenities possessed by the settlements across County Durham, including public transport, public and private services, and access to jobs. The “social cohesion” elements of leadership, engagement and participation, and local culture fall outside the remit of this study; however, it could be claimed that social cohesion is supported by the presence of local jobs and amenities. This Study will provide an important part of the evidence needed to inform a settlement hierarchy to be included in the County Durham Plan (the Council's Local Development Framework) which will ultimately establish a framework to help inform where new development such as housing, employment and community facilities should be located. An initial draft of this Study was published for consultation in July 2010. The results of this consultation have been used, where deemed appropriate, to inform the preparation of this revised draft study which is the subject of further consultation. The Council recognises that once this Study is finalised further work is required to assess the other aspects of what makes a sustainable community including the inter-relationships of neighbouring settlements, in order to identify 'clusters' which share functions (especially important in the more sparsely populated areas of the County), and understanding community aspirations for the future development of their settlements. This work will be carried out in the next few months. At a basic level the settlement study seeks to understand the existing role of settlements within County Durham. The range and number of services within a settlement is usually, but not always, proportionate to the size of its population. The services within a settlement will generally determine a settlement's role and sphere of influence. Determining the sustainability of settlements is useful in two respects: firstly, because it helps to identify those settlements which are lacking in amenities, and where, therefore, a policy aim might be to protect existing facilities and to support the development of new ones; secondly, because it helps to identify those settlements which have the services and infrastructure necessary to accommodate growth and cater for new residents. Ultimately the main reason for establishing a settlement hierarchy is to promote sustainable communities by locating new development in proximity to services and facilities. It makes sense for most of our new housing to be built in larger settlements which have a better range of facilities and services, because then more people have easy access to shops, schools and public transport. However, the Council recognises that smaller villages need some new housing too; to provide homes for new households which might form as young people leave home, older people move to smaller houses and people move to the area - and to ensure that there are enough people in a village to keep facilities and services going. It is important that any settlement hierarchy is not excessively prescriptive and does not preclude all development in smaller settlements particularly in rural areas. Research by the Centre for Rural (1) Economy indicates how important in-migration is for the maintenance of thriving rural economies 1 Rural Businesses in the North East of England: Final Survey Results (2009) 2 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study and communities. The settlement hierarchy must ensure that this in-migration can be accommodated in a sensible and sustainable way. Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth also recognises that more remote villages may have specific development needs despite not having a full range of services including public transport. 2 Methodology Data was collected by a visit to each settlement with a pro-forma designed to capture the range of available facilities (see Appendix 1). Public perceptions of the local environment were also obtained by interviews with passers-by, noting their responses. At the same time, information was captured about the environmental quality of settlements – whether empty houses, empty shops, litter or graffiti were found within them. This information was supplemented by data from different sources, depending upon the type of facility. Online telephone/business directories were exploited for data on many kinds of facility, especially where a site visit was not possible due to time constraints, where respondents’ evidence was inconclusive, or where there were no passers-by at the time of the visit. The types of facilities assessed under our final methodology were: health facilities; schools; shopping facilities; post offices; pubs; built sports facilities; community centres; industrial estates; proximity to nearest larger town; and public transport services. Question 1 Is the list of facilities correct or are there others we could use? Health Facilities Together with residents’ reports, the NHS Choices web-based database was used to establish the size, type and location of health facilities in the District. Where larger health centres (those with 5 or more GPs and a range of clinics) also operated a branch operation in a different location, the secondary branch was counted as a GP practice only, rather than a health centre. Shopping The adopted local plans from the former districts were used to establish the locations of local centres. As well as establishing an indicator relating to the shops found within the settlement itself, the Council established a 'distance to nearest district centre' indicator. Originally, the Council used the district or town centres identified in the former districts’ Local Plans. However, since former district authorities differed in their concepts of what constitutes a district centre and what does not, the Council used instead the Main Town (i.e. Durham), Regeneration Towns and Rural Service Centres defined in the Regional Spatial Strategy. County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 3 County Durham Settlement Study Employment The adopted local plans for the former districts were used to establish the type, size and location of the industrial estates in the County. At one stage, the Council considered including all employment within the village within this indicator – counting a local centre as being of as much value as a local industrial estate and counting a local shop and pub as 'minor employment'. However, these facilities are also covered in other indicators. Therefore, the decision was taken to consider only designated industrial estates or major employment sites. Community Centres As well as residents’ testimony, the County Council’s data was used for this indicator. The Council hold data on the type and location of all village halls and community centres within the County. Sports The only category of facility considered in this indicator is built sports facilities, managed by the County Council for the public benefit. It does not include private gyms or sports halls attached to schools, although in many cases these are also used by the public outside school hours. Nor does it consider football pitches or other recreation grounds. ' Because built sports facilities are less common than other facilities and therefore might be expected to attract people from a wider area, an additional 3km outer catchment area has been applied to them. Bus Services Most of the information for this indicator was taken from Durham County Council’s Interactive Public Transport map; this is a web-based application which depicts all the bus routes in the County, with links to their timetables. Looking at the frequency and destination of services is more useful than looking at the simple presence or otherwise of a bus stop. There are several factors determining a 'good' bus service. Among them are: how many destinations it reaches, and whether they are the ones offering services and employment; how frequent the service is; and whether it runs at appropriate times, e.g. whether the bus can be used to access work. In practice, bus services tend to run to and from larger destinations; they are also more likely to run in normal working hours, or rather earlier (some services are subsidised specifically to improve access to work). Therefore, the principal variable is frequency; the others tend to correlate heavily with it. 4 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study 3 Scoring Matrix The scoring matrix eventually determined was as follows: Table 1 Scoring Matrix Health Hospital within settlement or within 800m 3 Health centre or larger GP surgery within settlement/ 800m 2 GP surgery within settlement/800m 1 No health facilities within settlement/800m 0 Education Primary and secondary school within settlement/ 800m 3 Primary school only within settlement 2 No schools within settlement 0 Shopping Defined local centre (as in district Local Plans) within settlement / 800m 3 Three or more shops within settlement/800m but no local centre 2 One/two shops within settlement/800m 1 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 5 County Durham Settlement Study No shops within settlement/800m 0 Post offices Post office within settlement/800m 3 No post office within settlement/ 800m 0 Public Houses Public house within settlement/800m 3 No public house within settlement/ 800m 0 Sports/Leisure provision Built public sports provision (leisure centre, swimming baths) within settlement/800m 3 Built sports provision within 800m - 3 km of settlement centre 2 No built sports provision within 3 km of settlement centre 0 Community facilities Village hall or community centre with good facilities within settlement/800m 3 Simple village hall (i.e. hall, kitchen and toilets) within settlement/800m 2 No village hall or community centre within settlement 0 Employment Larger or district industrial estate (as defined in district Local Plans) within the settlement or within 800m 3 Local industrial estate within the settlement/800m 2 No employment within the settlement /800m 0 Distance to nearest district or town centre* RSS town centre within settlement or within 800m 3 RSS town centre 800m - 3km from settlement centre 2 RSS Regeneration Town Centre 3km - 6km from settlement centre 1 RSS Regeneration Town Centre over 6km from settlement centre 0 Access by public transport Train station and frequent buses (more than every 30 minutes on most frequent route) 4 Frequent buses (more than every 30 minutes) 3 Less frequent buses (30-60 minutes) 2 Infrequent buses (under 60 minutes) 1 No public transport 0 6 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study In all cases, a facility was counted as being within the settlement if it is within the built-up area or within 800m of the settlement centre. (the pedestrians’ association, Living Streets, defines an 'easily reached' facility as one 'within 10 minutes walk or 800m'). The 800m limit permits a facility in villages close to one another to serve them all (e.g. the Close House/ Eldon Lane cluster close to Bishop Auckland). 800m circles were drawn around each settlement centre. This made it possible to judge consistently whether one settlement was more than 800m away from the amenities possessed by another. In the example below, the centre of Leeholme is less than 800m away from the local centre and industrial estate in Coundon. Similarly, Middlestone Village and North Close are less than 800m away from the centre of Kirk Merrington. The other villages in this example, although they have catchment areas that overlap, are too far away from each other to share facilities. 800m, 3km and 6km catchment areas were drawn around sports centres and RSS town centres. Question 2 Do you agree with the scoring matrix established? County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 7 County Durham Settlement Study 4 Weighting Since it was felt that different categories of facility had different levels of importance, weightings were applied. Scores were multiplied by the following: Health facilities: 5 Schools: 5 Shopping facilities: 5 Post offices: 2 Pubs: 3 Built sports facilities: 1 Community centres: 2 Industrial estates: 3 Distance to the nearest larger town: 4 Public transport services: 5 Question 3 Do you agree with the weighting applied to each of the scores? 5 Settlement Groupings The weighted scores were calculated for each settlement and the settlement list arranged according to the weighted scores. The original draft study then grouped the settlements into five settlement types according to their relative scores. However, it become apparent that in practise the nature of settlements relates more closely to one of six settlement types that display similarities in their relative level of service provision and patronage. The groupings are shown below: Main Towns: 90 points plus. Secondary Settlements: 70 – 89 points Local Service Centres: 55 – 69 points Larger Villages: 40 - 54 points Small Villages: 25 - 39 points Hamlets: under 25 points The dispersed settlement pattern throughout the County has created a natural order of villages and towns that serve surrounding hinterlands and smaller settlements. It was considered the above groupings reflect the relative scale and level of service/facilities provision which currently exists within the settlements. By observing the scores for each settlement it is apparent that the larger towns in the County are the main service centres within their locality. These larger, Main Towns, all scored in excess of 90 points in terms of their level of service and facilities provision and are grouped accordingly. Below the main towns there is a second tier of settlements that act as smaller, more localised centres and contain a reasonable array of services due to their location, which tends to be far enough away from the main towns to ensure these settlements are self-sustaining, but to a lesser degree. This second tier of settlement, which we have termed Secondary Settlements, fall within the ‘70 - 89’ points bracket in the survey of services and facilities provision. Appendix 2 illustrates the relative level of service provision in these settlements. 8 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study The next grouping of settlements, Local Service Centres, tend to have fewer facilities than those in the top tiers, although many of them have enough shops, facilities and services to constitute a local centre. They are likely to have key facilities such as primary schools and post offices and serve a function to a wider area. They are less self-contained than larger villages and small towns, but the facilities they do have can reduce a significant amount of trip-generation between settlements. Larger Villages tend to have a shop or two, a pub, community centre and primary school - a fairly minimal set of facilities; some do not have the full set. They generally have at least some bus services. The next two groups, Small Villages and Hamlets are quite poorly served by services. Small Villages have some facilities. Residents in these types of settlement generally but not always need to travel to work, schools and/or health facilities. Maps of all settlements by the Core Strategy's four delivery areas can be found in Appendix 3. Question 4 Do you agree with the way we have grouped settlements? 5.1 Main Towns Table 2 Tier 1: Main Towns Settlement Barnard Castle Delivery Area West Score 93 Bishop Auckland (including St Helen Auckland South and West Auckland) 107 Chester le Street North and East 103 Consett (including Blackfyne, Blackhill, North and East Bridgehill, Castleside, Crookhall, Delves Lane, Leadgate, Moorside, Shotley Bridge, Templeton, The Grove, and Villa Real) 98 Crook South 93 Durham City Central 107 Newton Aycliffe South 103 Peterlee North and East 98 Seaham North and East 103 Shildon South 98 Spennymoor South 98 Stanley (including East Stanley, Kip Hill, Oxhill, North and East Quaking Houses, Shield Row, South Moor, and South Stanley) 98 Question 5 Is the scoring for Main Towns correct? County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 9 County Durham Settlement Study 5.2 Secondary Settlements Table 3 Tier 2: Secondary Settlements Settlement Delivery Area Score Annfield Plain (including Catchgate, Greencroft, North and East New Kyo and West Kyo) 87 Blackhall Colliery/Rocks South 76 Bowburn Central 75 Brandon Central 72 Chilton South 74 Coxhoe Central 74 Easington Colliery North and East 72 Ferryhill South 87 Great Lumley North and East 74 Horden North and East 80 Langley Moor Central 75 Langley Park Central 76 Middleton in Teesdale West 73 Murton North and East 74 Sacriston Central 87 Sedgefield South 79 Sherburn Central 82 Shotton Colliery North and East 77 Stanhope West 79 Tanfield Lea North and East 75 Ushaw Moor Central 84 Willington South 82 Wingate South 75 Wolsingham West 70 Question 6 Is the scoring for Secondary Settlements correct? 10 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study 5.3 Local Service Centres Table 4 Tier 3: Local Service Centres Settlement Delivery Area Score Bearpark Central 66 Bloemfontein/The Middles North and East 63 Burnopfield North and East 68 Chilton Lane South 55 Cockfield West 59 Coundon South 69 Deaf Hill South 57 Dipton North and East 63 Easington Village North and East 57 Esh Winning Central 67 Evenwood South 66 Fencehouses North and East 64 Fishburn South 67 Gainford West 66 Lanchester Central 67 Leeholme South 58 Meadowfield Central 65 Ouston/Urpeth North and East 69 Pelton Fell North and East 56 Rainton Gate North and East 57 Ramshaw South 55 South Hetton North and East 61 Staindrop West 65 Tow Law West 65 Trimdon South 57 Trimdon Colliery South 57 Trimdon Station South 57 West Cornforth South 67 West Rainton North and East 57 Wheatley Hill North and East 68 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 11 County Durham Settlement Study Question 7 Is the scoring for Local Service Centres correct? 5.4 Larger villages Table 5 : Tier 4: Larger Villages Settlement Delivery area Score Billy Row North and East 40 Bishop Middleham South 41 Bournmoor North and East 50 Burnhope North and East 47 Butterknowle West 43 Close House South 44 Coronation South 47 Cotherstone West 43 Craghead North and East 44 Ebchester North and East 53 Edmondsley North and East 44 Eldon South 43 Escomb South 46 Frosterley West 50 Hamsterley Colliery North and East 54 Haswell North and East 45 Hesleden South 49 High Etherley West 47 High Handenhold North and East 48 Howden-le-Wear North and East 51 Hunwick North and East 47 Kelloe Central 44 Kirk Merrington South 53 Low Etherley West 47 Low Westwood North and East 50 Medomsley North and East 40 New Brancepeth Central 46 Newfield North and East 53 Roddymoor North and East 40 12 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study Settlement Delivery area Score St John's Chapel West 54 Stanley Crook North and East 40 Sunnybrow North and East 46 Tantobie North and East 43 Thornley North and East 50 Trimdon Grange South 45 Wellfield South 43 West Pelton North and East 48 Witton Gilbert Central 48 Question 8 Is the scoring for Larger Villages correct? 5.5 Small villages Table 6 Tier 5: Small Villages Settlement Delivery Area Score Beamish North and East 31 Blackhouse North and East 28 Bowes West 26 Brasside Central 30 Broompark Central 34 Byers Green South 36 Cassop Central 39 Chester Moor North and East 34 Clough Dene North and East 37 Cold Hesledon North and East 35 Coundon Grange South 38 Croxdale Central 37 Eldon Lane South 38 Esh Central 35 Fir Tree North and East 28 Flinthill North and East 37 Grange Villa North and East 34 Hamsterley Forest West 28 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 13 County Durham Settlement Study Settlement Delivery Area Score Haswell Plough North and East 28 Hawthorn North and East 27 Helmington Row South 26 High Pittington Central 35 High Shincliffe Central 38 Hutton Henry South 28 Ingleton West 28 Kimblesworth North and East 37 Leamside North and East 28 Ludworth Central 29 Mickleton West 26 Middlestone Village South Durham 39 Nettlesworth North and East 34 No Place North and East 39 North Close South 32 Pickering Nook/Hobson North and East 32 Plawsworth North and East 35 Quaking Houses North and East 26 Quarrington Hill Central 38 Romaldkirk West 28 Rookhope West 36 Seaton North and East 33 Shadforth Central 30 Sherburn Hill Central 37 Shincliffe Central 38 Stainton West 25 Stainton Grove West 25 Sunderland Bridge Central 33 Sunnyside South 27 Tanfield North and East 37 Toft Hill South 36 Toronto South 26 Westgate West 31 Witton-le-Wear West 34 14 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study Question 9 Is the scoring for Small Villages correct? 5.6 Hamlets Table 7 Tier 6: Hamlets Settlement Delivery Area Score Barningham West 9 Binchester South 15 Bolam West 17 Boldron West 13 Bradbury South 19 Brancepeth Central 20 Brignall West 4 Burnt Houses West 14 Castle Eden South 20 Cleatlam West 15 Copley West 18 Copley Lane West 5 Cornsay West 0 Cornsay Colliery West 19 Cowshill West 9 Crawley Side West 17 Crimdon South 14 Daddry Shield West 11 East Hedley Hope West 13 East Law North and East 19 Eastgate West 24 Edmundbyers West 20 Eggleston West 22 Esperley South 0 Etherley Grange South 15 Evenwood Gate South 20 Gilmonby West 0 Grants Houses North and East Greta Bridge West 20 9 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 15 County Durham Settlement Study Settlement Delivery Area Score Hamsterley Mill North and East Headlam West Hett Central High Grange South 9 High Hesleden South 23 High Lands South 9 High Urpeth North and East 4 High Westwood North and East 10 Hilton West Holmside Central 13 Hummerbeck South 18 Hunderthwaite West 4 Hunstanworth West 9 Hutton Magna West 18 Ireshopeburn West 18 Iveston North and East 15 Lambton Park North and East 10 Lanehead West 5 Lartington West 9 Leasingthorne South 4 Lintz Green North and East 14 Lintzford North and East 15 Little Newsham West Little Thorpe North and East Littletown Central 2 Low Pittington Central 21 Maiden Law Central 23 Mainsforth South 21 Medomsley Edge North and East 10 Middridge South 24 Mordon South 8 Morley South 5 Morton Tinmouth West 0 Muggleswick West 0 New Coundon South 23 16 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study 15 0 22 0 5 19 County Durham Settlement Study Settlement Delivery Area Score Newbiggin West 13 Newfield (Bishop Auckland) South 20 North Bitchburn South 24 Oakenshaw South 11 Old Cassop Central 0 Old Quarrington Central 2 Ovington West 24 Parkhill Central 23 Phoenix Row South 15 Quebec Central 0 Rokerby West 4 Ruffside West 10 Rushyford South 23 Satley West 19 Scargill West 0 Sheraton South 4 Sherburn House Central South Cleatlam West 0 South Side West 0 Spring Gardens South 4 Station Town South 18 Thornley Village West 13 Tursdale Central 20 Wackerfield West Waldridge North and East 24 Waterhouses Central 18 Wear Valley Junction West 4 Wearhead West 22 West Blackdene West 0 Westerton South 4 Whorlton West 22 Wilks Hill Central 14 Winston West 23 Witton Park South 23 Woodland West 18 15 9 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 17 County Durham Settlement Study Settlement Delivery Area Score Woodside South 23 Wycliffe West 0 Question 10 Is the scoring for Hamlets correct? 18 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study 6 How to Comment You can comment on this report in a number of ways, but we would like to encourage you to comment via our interactive website. To visit our interactive website please click here: http://durhamcc-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/. Comments can also be sent by email to: ldfconsultation@durham.gov.uk. If you do not have access to the internet or email, please respond in writing to: FREEPOST RSHY-RLTR-EXCU Planning Policy Team Durham County Council Civic Centre Newcastle Road Chester-le-Street DH3 3UT You can also call the Planning Policy Team with any questions, to request hard copies of the documentation or to request further information, on: 0300 123 7070. We would welcome your comments on this report by no later than Friday 14th January 2011. County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 19 Notes Environment (please tick) Sports/ Leisure Community facilities (please tick) Commerce Education Much Shops Some Vacant houses Number None Much Built sports facilities Village hall with good facilities Number Number Secondary schools Post Office Some Vacant shops None Much Some Simple village hall (i.e. kitchen, hall and toilets only) Number Number Primary schools Number No hall Public houses No schools (please tick) No health facilities Litter None Much Some Graffiti/vandalism No built sports facilities (please tick) GP surgery Health centre/ surgery plus pharmacy Health facilities (please tick) Hospital Date of survey Name of settlement Appendix 1 Settlement facilities recording sheet None County Durham Settlement Study 20 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study Appendix 2 Settlement facilities The tables below rate service provision in the 12 main towns and in the 22 secondary settlements. The ‘traffic light’ approach has been adopted to give a visual impression of how well particular settlements are served for the range of services and facilities that have been surveyed for the Settlement Study; green signifying good provision, amber satisfactory provision and red representing little or no provision. Notes Education relates to schools within settlement or within 800m of the edge of the settlement: a primary and secondary school is rated green, settlements with primary but no secondary is rated amber and no schools is rated red. Retail relates to shopping facilities in the settlement or within 800m of the edge of the settlement: a ‘defined local centre’ is rated green, three or more shops but no local centre is rated amber and less than two shops is rated red. Employment relates to access to industrial estates either within settlement or within 800m of the edge of the settlement: large industrial estates/business parks is rated green, a small industrial estate of local importance is rated amber and no employment areas is rated red. Sports relates to built public sports provision (leisure centre, swimming baths) within settlement: a settlement with facilities within the settlement or within 800m of the edge of the settlement is rated green, provision within 800m - 3 km of settlement centre is rated amber and no provision within 3km of settlement centre is rated red. Health relates to access to health facilities: settlements with a Hospital within settlement or within 800m of the edge of the settlement is rated green, those with a Health centre or larger GP surgery within settlement or within 800m of the edge of settlement is rated amber and those with a small GP surgery or no health facilities is rated red. In census data, Horden was counted as part of Peterlee, so its population is not known. Population 2001 census Education Facilities Retail Provision Employment Provision Built Sports Provision Health Facilities Public Transport Accessibility Community Hall/ Centre Pub/ Post Office Access to District Centre Main Towns Durham City 42123 Peterlee Major Centre 30093 Consett Major Centre 27394 Newton Aycliffe Major Centre 25504 Bishop Auckland Major Centre 24392 Chester-le-Street Major Centre 23946 Seaham Major Centre 21714 Spennymoor Major Centre 17241 Stanley Major Centre 16306 Shildon Major Centre 10079 Crook 8212 Barnard Castle Major Centre 6641 County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 21 County Durham Settlement Study Population 2001 census Education Facilities Retail Provision Employment Provision Built Sports Provision Health Facilities Public Transport Accessibility Community Hall/ Centre Secondary Settlements Ferryhill 10006 Annfield Plain 7542 Murton 6919 Sacriston 5077 Brandon 4753 Willington 4534 Shotton Colliery 4254 Langley Park 4229 Sedgefield 4214 Coxhoe 3397 Great Lumley 3549 Chilton 3908 Ushaw Moor 3671 Bowburn 3514 Blackhall Colliery 3135 Wingate 2996 Sherburn 2956 Easington Colliery 2619 Tanfield Lea 2089 Stanhope 1633 Langley Moor 1183 Middleton in Teesdale 941 Wolsingham 2061 Horden Not known 22 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study Pub/ Post Office Access to District Centre Appendix 3 Settlements by Delivery Area County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 23 County Durham Settlement Study 24 Planning the future of County Durham County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study County Durham Settlement Study Planning the future of County Durham 25 To find out more about the County Durham Plan contact: Write to: Planning Policy Team Durham County Council, Civic Centre Newcastle Road, Chester-le-Street County Durham, DH3 3UT Telephone: 0300 123 70 70 Email: ldfconsultation@durham.gov.uk Website: www.durham/gov.uk/ldf Interactive Website: http://durhamcc-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal/planning ldfconsultation@durham.gov.uk 0300 123 70 70