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Former Mobious, Whereitz House, 139 Back High Street, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 4ET

2026/0622/01/NREPrior not c/u retail to residentialAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval to change of use from Offices (Class E) to 1no. residential dwelling. (Class C3)

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Gosforth
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Former Mobious, Whereitz House, 139 Back High Street, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE3 4ET. Newcastle upon Tyne has handled 3,879 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 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 155 applications across Gosforth. We hold 1,179 applications in total for the NE3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE3 4ET
Application type
Prior not c/u retail to residential
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary

Planning application dates

Validated
31 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Gosforth
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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    31 Mar

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