Toucan Education Ltd Energie Fitness Crowtrees Hexham Road Swalwell Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BN
Approved on 17 January 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of former gym premises (Use Class E (d)) into a non-residential training and educational facility (Use Class F1, part (a)), with ancillary administration elements, as well as the installation of 5 no: new windows at ground and first floor level of the existing building.(Additional information received on 28/11/2023. Amended plans received on 14/12/2023 and 21/12/2023)
- Received
- 8 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Whickham North
- Agent
- Coachhouse 8 Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation20 Dec
- TargetTarget Date18 Jan
- DecidedDecided17 Jan
Decided in 114 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Toucan Education Ltd Energie Fitness Crowtrees Hexham Road Swalwell Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BN. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 10 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Whickham North. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.
94% of amendment 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
- NE16 3BN
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 20 December 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 20 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Coachhouse 8 Ltd
- Architect profile
- COACHHOUSE 8 LIMITED
- Agent address
- 8A Framlington Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AB United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 115 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 25 October 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Green belt: Gateshead
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Source: Gateshead
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