Gateshead College Baltic Campus Quarryfield Road Gateshead NE8 3BE
Approved on 9 July 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans) and 3 (Construction Management Plan) and removal of condition 5 (supporting column layout) of application DC/23/01071/FUL for the installation of solar PV panels on the upper level of the multi-storey car park (amended and additional information received 12/06/24).
- Received
- 1 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bridges
- Agent
- xsite architecture LLP
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation5 Jul
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided9 Jul
Decided in 69 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Gateshead College Baltic Campus Quarryfield Road Gateshead NE8 3BE. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days 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 56 applications across Bridges. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 postcode area.
91% of full 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
- NE8 3BE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 5 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 5 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 July 2024
- Permission expires
- 9 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- xsite architecture LLP
- Agent address
- Arch 6 Stepney Bank Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2NP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Amy Williamson
- Statutory period
- 72 days
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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