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Literary And Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1SE

2025/1984/01/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved

Council decision: Grant Conditionally

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed Building Application: Replacement of existing stair lift to principal staircase and replacement of external scissor lift providing wheelchair access between pavement level and the Ground Floor.

Received
9 December 2025
Ward
Monument
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a heritage application at Literary And Philosophical Society, 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 1SE. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 72 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 311 applications across Monument. We hold 332 applications in total for the NE1 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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
NE1 1SE
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary

Planning application dates

Validated
9 December 2025

Planning decision

Decision
Grant Conditionally

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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