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Former Essentials, 31 Halewood Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3RX

2006/0576/01/DETDetailed ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2006

Council decision: Grant ConditionallyDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from butchers shop (Class A1) to community cafe (Class A3) with ancilllary office accommodation, as supplemented by letter received 25 April 2006

Received
21 February 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
xx_Kenton (Historic -June 2004 to 2018)
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Essentials, 31 Halewood Avenue, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 3RX. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 1,459 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Newcastle upon Tyne's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,179 applications in total for the NE3 postcode area.

91% of full applications at Newcastle upon Tyne City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE3 3RX
Application type
Detailed Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary (Hist)

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2006
Consultation expiry
10 April 2006
Consultation start
20 March 2006
Consultation end
10 April 2006
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2006
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2006
Target decision date
11 May 2006
Application expires
11 May 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Constraints
1

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)
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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Newcastle upon Tyne

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