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Hadrian House Higham Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8AF

2025/2070/01/EIAEIA DevelopmentAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
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Proposal

Demolition of Hadrian House and interlinked raised walkways and construction of a purpose-built student accommodation building (Sui Generis) (of varying heights, up to 21 storeys) (23 floors including lower ground, upper ground, mezzanine and floors) comprising 507 units and associated hard and soft landscaping and engineering works, (amended description)

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Monument
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Hadrian House Higham Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8AF. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 97 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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Application details

Postcode
NE1 8AF
Application type
EIA Development
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
507
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary

Planning application dates

Validated
22 December 2025

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, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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