7 - 8 Upper Norfolk Street North Shields Tyne And Wear NE30 1PT
Approved on 26 November 2007
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion/change of use from existing solicitors office to 1 bed ground floor flat and 2/3 bed first floor flat using loft space. Proposed new build rear single storey extension (re ground flat). Roof lights also added in roof space
- Received
- 5 September 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Tynemouth
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Oct
- Consult.Consultation24 Oct
- TargetTarget Date19 Nov
- DecidedDecided26 Nov
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 - 8 Upper Norfolk Street North Shields Tyne And Wear NE30 1PT. North Tyneside has handled 1,367 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 5 weeks longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in the Northumberland Square conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Tynemouth. We hold 740 applications in total for the NE30 postcode area.
97% of full applications at North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NE30 1PT
- Application type
- full planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North Shields
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 October 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 2 November 2007
- Consultation start
- 3 October 2007
- Consultation end
- 24 October 2007
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 October 2007
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 October 2007
- Last date for comments
- 2 November 2007
- Target decision date
- 19 November 2007
- Permission expires
- 26 November 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Neil Trueman 381G Jedburgh Court Team Valley Trading Estate Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE11 0BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 October 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 November 2007
- Site notice start
- 12 October 2007
- Site notice end
- 2 November 2007
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-00280998
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Northumberland Square
- 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.
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Source: North Tyneside
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