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Border & Immigration Agency, Link House Melbourne Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2JQ

2026/0232/01/NPVPrior not (Schedule 2, Pt 14, Class J)Awaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the installation of photovoltaic panels.

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Ouseburn
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Border & Immigration Agency, Link House Melbourne Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 2JQ. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 3,879 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Ouseburn. We hold 332 applications in total for the NE1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE1 2JQ
Application type
Prior not (Schedule 2, Pt 14, Class J)

Planning application dates

Validated
9 February 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: 6 and 8 Spring Street and 60 and 62 Pitt StreetRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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