The Glasses Factory 32 Wesley Court Blaydon NE21 5BT
Refused on 14 April 2023
Council decision: Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Conversion of first floor commercial unit to create 4 flats - mix of 1 and 2 bed.
- Received
- 29 December 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Blaydon
- Agent
- Knight Architectural Design
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated11 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 93 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Glasses Factory 32 Wesley Court Blaydon NE21 5BT. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 6 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Blaydon. We hold 115 applications in total for the NE21 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
- NE21 5BT
- Application type
- Determination of Prior Approval - Other
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 January 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 4 February 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 February 2023
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2023
- Target decision date
- 14 April 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Knight Architectural Design
- Agent address
- Unit 7 The Quarterdeck Port Solent Portsmouth PO6 4TP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 93 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 3 February 2023
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 23/00006/REF1
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Blaydon CAPart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Methodist chapel, East Street, High SpenRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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Source: Gateshead
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