Today I submitted SENRUG’s response to the Northumberland County Council Local Plan consultation, and also to the Blyth Relief Road consultation. In both cases, SENRUG wants the former rail alignment between Newsham and the old Blyth station protected from development, so that once the core Ashington Blyth & Tyne line is re-opened, there can be a future addition of trains direct into Blyth Town Centre. In the local plan, SENRUG also requested protection from development for a station at Beal on the East Coast Main Line, and revised wording to clarify other protections. See SENRUG’s responses for the Local Plan here, and for Blyth Relief Road here.
