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Site Of Coquet Park And Marine Park First Schools Coquet Avenue Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear

17/00817/FULfull planning applicationRefused
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Refused on 11 July 2018

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Residential development of 65 units consisting of 16no houses (3 and 4 bedroom), 46no apartments (1 and 2 bedroom), 3no Flats over garages (2 bedroom) with associated parking and landscaping (Revised Flood Risk & Drainage Assessment submitted 04.08.17) (Report to inform Habitat Regulations Assessment received 02.11.17) (Amended Landscape Scheme received 02.11.17)

Received
2 June 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
102
Ward
Whitley Bay
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated8 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 398 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Site Of Coquet Park And Marine Park First Schools Coquet Avenue Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear. North Tyneside has handled 1,367 applications of this type. This one was decided in 404 days, 51 weeks longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
full planning application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
65
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 June 2017
Consultation expiry
16 November 2017
Consultation start
2 November 2017
Consultation end
16 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2018
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2017
Last date for comments
16 November 2017
Target decision date
7 July 2018
Committee meeting
10 July 2018
Decision issued
3 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Solila McDonagh St Jude's Barker Street Shieldfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
394 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
20 July 2017
Site notice start
29 June 2017
Site notice end
20 July 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06112670
Documents
76

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Site at Coquet Avenue (Former site of Marine Park and Cocquet Park First School), Whitley…Register 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.

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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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Source: North Tyneside

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