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Mountstar Cable Recycling Hobson Industrial Estate Hobson Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 6ea

1/2012/0574/85401Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 December 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of 2.0M perimeter fence erection of 3NO. 4M tall camera towers and change of use to form hardcore area for storage and processing of scrapmetal with 2.5M internal fence (amended fence plans - 7TH dec 2012).

Received
2 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided20 Dec

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Mountstar Cable Recycling Hobson Industrial Estate Hobson Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 6ea. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE16 6EA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2012
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2012
Target decision date
8 January 2013
Committee meeting
13 May 2004
Decision issued
21 December 2012
Permission expires
20 December 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 November 2012

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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