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What is an education, health and care (EHC) needs assessment?

If your child has complex special educational needs that can't be met by a mainstream school or nursery, you can ask for an education, health and care (EHC) assessment.

An EHC assessment is a detailed investigation to find out exactly what your child's special educational needs are. This is only necessary if a school or setting can't provide this help.

EHC plans bring together your child’s education, health and social care needs into a single, legal document. The document sets out what extra support they will get to meet those needs.

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The assessment process

Principles:

  • Children, young people and their families at the centre of the process
  • Use of Person Centred and Key working approaches
  • Plans focused on outcomes (short and long term) with detailed and specific provision requirements
  • More streamlined but time invested in joint agreement on key outcomes

 

Caption: EHC needs assessment process
Stage Events Timeline
One:
Referral/
Request
  1. Request received by Local Authority
  2. Additional Educational Needs Panel consider request
  3. Assessment agreed OR non-statutory support recommended
 6 weeks
Two:
Assessment
  1. Assessment planning meeting held with family and all professionals
  2. New/further assessment work completed
 6 weeks

Three:
Planning
  1. Support planning meeting held: identification of outcomes
  2. Proposed EHC plan written
  3. Proposed plan delivered to parents
  4. Plan finalised, shared & implemented
 8 weeks

If no plan is issued, you will be informed within 16 weeks of your request, and advised how the local offer can meet your needs.

Request an assessment

To request an assessment call us on (0191) 643 8684.

Information, advice and support (SENDIASS)

To get impartial and confidential advice, contact SENDIASS.

Email: sendiass@northtyneside.gov.uk
Telephone: (0191) 643 8313 | (0191) 643 8317

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Introduction

A pavement licence enables businesses to place temporary furniture, such as tables and chairs, for the consumption of food or drink outside of their premises.
Businesses that are eligible include: public houses, cafes, bars, restaurants, snack bars, coffee shops, and ice cream parlours.

The government have announced that the current, temporary pavement licensing regime has been made permanent. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 makes permanent the pavement licensing regime under the Business and Planning Act 2020, with a number of changes. Applications are now subject to a fourteen-day consultation period and, if granted, the licence will be valid for a maximum period of two years unless specified.

The legislation allows each authority to set their own charging structure with a maximum application fee up to £500 for a pavement licence. North Tyneside Council has however decided to reduce this fee to £146 for new applications and £102 for renewals in order to continue to support businesses.

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Conditions of licence

A pavement licence will be granted subject to conditions set out in the Business and Planning Act 2020, those published by the Secretary of State and local conditions set by North Tyneside Council.

For further information about these conditions, please see the document below.

In North Tyneside, the local conditions include the provision of at least 2 metres of unobstructed footpath width. 

Apply for a pavement licence

If you wish to apply, please complete the form below and send to pavementlicensing@northtyneside.gov.uk

The application will be subject to a public consultation period of fourteen days starting on the day after a valid application is made; during this time the application will be advertised on the council’s website at the foot of this page and you must also fix a notice of the application to the premises (see Notice for display below). 

Notice for display

You must, on the same day the application is made, fix a notice of the application to the premises so that it is readily visible to members of the public who are not on the premises; the notice must remain in place until the end of the consultation period; you must be able to provide evidence that you have done this

Please use the site notice below.

Current applications

Any applications, which have been received by North Tyneside Council will be displayed below until the end of the consultation period.

Approved Permanent Pavement Licencing

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Approved applications - expiring 30 September 2024

Temporary pavement licence applications which have been granted, and due to expire on 30 September 2024, are listed below.

Approved applications - expiring 30 September 2023

Temporary pavement licence applications which have been granted, and due to expire on 30 September 2023, are listed below.

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