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Throckley Service Station, Throckley Service Station, Wooler House Hexham Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 9DX

2020/0159/01/DETDetailed ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 September 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from petrol filling station to hand car wash facility (Sui Generis) including the construction of a new forecourt canopy following the demolition of the former petrol station canopy and erection of wall to north elevation (max height 1.2m).

Received
25 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Callerton And Throckley
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 236 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Throckley Service Station, Throckley Service Station, Wooler House Hexham Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 9DX. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 1,459 applications of this type. This one was decided in 247 days, 27 weeks longer than Newcastle upon Tyne'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 36 applications across Callerton And Throckley. We hold 732 applications in total for the NE15 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
NE15 9DX
Application type
Detailed Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2020
Consultation expiry
11 March 2020
Consultation start
10 February 2020
Consultation end
2 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
11 March 2020
Last date for comments
4 March 2020
Target decision date
18 March 2020
Application expires
1 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Maurice Searle Studio 59 The B.Box Studios Stoddart Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 1AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08452962
Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, 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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