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Units Adjacent To Whitley Bay Metro Station Station Square Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear

19/00761/FULfull planning application non majorApproved
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Approved on 2 February 2023

Council decision: Finally Disposed OfDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use to establish a community 'hub' for people living with altered eating difficulties, includes refurbishment of the L-shaped storage spaces for use as office space and community focused multimedia centre, landscaping part of the adjacent paved area to house two temporary mobile shipping containers repurposed as teaching kitchens. Teaching kitchens used for occasional food demonstration activities and training. The multimedia centre will include a fully sound-proofed studio and office space for the production of materials to support community creativity and food and well-being activities

Received
4 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
23
Ward
Whitley Bay
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Dec
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 1339 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Units Adjacent To Whitley Bay Metro Station Station Square Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear. North Tyneside has handled 1,367 applications of this type. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 non major
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2019
Consultation expiry
13 December 2019
Consultation start
29 November 2019
Consultation end
13 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
20 June 2019
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2019
Last date for comments
13 December 2019
Target decision date
27 October 2019
Permission expires
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Julia Dawson
Statutory period
145 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2019
Advertisement expiry
29 August 2019
Site notice start
8 August 2019
Site notice end
30 August 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07532911
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: MonkseatonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Whitley Bay Station Main Building With Train ShedOn or next to this site
  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: North Tyneside

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