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Site Of Former Drift Inn Front Street Seaton Burn NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

20/00273/FULfull planning application non majorRefused
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Refused on 28 October 2020

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 5no three bedroom houses and 5no four bedroom houses at the site of the former Drift Inn public house (Additional information solar study and revised site plan 10.07.2020 and noise report 25.09.2020)

Received
24 February 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
15
Ward
Weetslade
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target25 Oct
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Site Of Former Drift Inn Front Street Seaton Burn NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. North Tyneside has handled 1,367 applications of this type. This one was decided in 247 days, 28 weeks longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Weetslade.

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
North West

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2020
Consultation expiry
12 October 2020
Consultation start
25 September 2020
Consultation end
9 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
12 October 2020
Last date for comments
12 October 2020
Target decision date
25 October 2020
Committee meeting
27 October 2020

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Mr Chris Allan NE40 Studios Main Road Ryton NE40 3GA

Planning decision

Case officer
Maxine Ingram
Statutory period
131 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 July 2020
Advertisement expiry
23 July 2020
Site notice start
23 June 2020
Site notice end
14 July 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08522424
Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Drift Inn, Front Street, Seaton BurnRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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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© 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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