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Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

DC/19/01048/REMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Reserved matters

Approved on 11 June 2021

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for the approval of reserved matters relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of the existing Dunston Hill Hospital and the erection of 35 dwellinghouses and associated works pursuant to outline planning approval DC/13/00195/OUT (amended 20/11/20, 09/02/21, 04/03/21 and additional information received 09/02/21 and 04/03/21).

Received
11 October 2019
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
Agent
Story Homes
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target7 Jan
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 591 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 609 days, 78 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.

92% of outline applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE11 9QT
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
35

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2019
Consultation expiry
26 March 2021
Consultation end
26 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2020
Last date for comments
26 March 2021
Target decision date
7 January 2020
Committee meeting
24 February 2021
Permission expires
11 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Story Homes
Agent address
Panther House Asama Court Newcastle Business Park Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 7YD

Planning decision

Case officer
David Morton
Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
27 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
131
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whickham CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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