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279 Whitley Road Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear NE26 2SW

23/00650/PRIOTHPrior app otherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 July 2023

Council decision: Prior approval req'd and grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed conversion of existing first floor to 2no. two bed flats. Existing ground floor is to be retained as commercial floor space

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Whitley Bay
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.15 Jun
  4. Target27 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 279 Whitley Road Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear NE26 2SW. North Tyneside has handled 395 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 750 applications in total for the NE26 postcode area.

91% of outline 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
NE26 2SW
Application type
Prior app other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
15 June 2023
Consultation start
24 May 2023
Consultation end
15 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
15 June 2023
Last date for comments
15 June 2023
Target decision date
27 June 2023
Permission expires
10 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Neil Armour New Coliseum 246 Whitley Road Whitley Bay NE26 2TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12132026
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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.

Source: North Tyneside

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