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Units 8, 9, 10 And 11 Station Square Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear

24/00442/LBClisted building consentApproved

Approved on 28 April 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use from storage to a community hub to include bakery, retail, and flexible/workshop facilities, installation of shipping container with solar panels and external alterations to existing building to include window and door alterations, 3no. roof lights and new ramped access and handrail

Received
15 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Whitley Bay North
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 377 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Units 8, 9, 10 And 11 Station Square Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear. North Tyneside has handled 46 applications of this type. This one was decided in 378 days, 47 weeks longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Whitley Bay North.

100% of heritage 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
listed building consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2024
Consultation expiry
24 May 2024
Consultation start
18 April 2024
Consultation end
10 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2024
Last date for comments
24 May 2024
Target decision date
25 April 2025
Permission expires
28 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Graeme Cummings 17 Killingworth Drive Sunderland SR4 8QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
374 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2024
Advertisement expiry
23 May 2024
Site notice start
2 May 2024
Site notice end
24 May 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12978629
Documents
12

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.

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Source: North Tyneside

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