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Northumberland County Council are consulting on the Issues and Options stage of their Core Strategy. Need help with this consultation? Call 01282 872570. Until the 15th of August 2012 views are being sought on the document that will set out the spatial strategy for Northumberland over the next 15 years. The Issues and Options document poses a series of questions. Should strategic development continue with the existing approach, plan for lower rates of development, or have targeted increases in development? Should the spatial distribution of development be concentrated in key settlements, be more dispersed, or concentrated in key settlements plus targeted growth? If the latter is chosen this would mean additional growth and development would be focused in Blyth, Cramlington, Ashington … Continue reading