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Queen Alexandra College Hawkeys Lane North Shields Tyne And Wear NE29 0PS

25/00864/LBClisted building consentApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

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Proposal

Conversion of Grade II Listed Building into 34 apartments with associated car parking. Demolition of single storey modern link corridor to former college

Received
1 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Preston With Preston Grange
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Sep
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 174 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Queen Alexandra College Hawkeys Lane North Shields Tyne And Wear NE29 0PS. North Tyneside has handled 46 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 23 weeks longer than North Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Preston With Preston Grange. We hold 405 applications in total for the NE29 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NE29 0PS
Application type
listed building consent
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
34
Parish
North Shields

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Consultation expiry
18 September 2025
Consultation start
19 August 2025
Consultation end
10 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
19 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 September 2025
Last date for comments
18 September 2025
Target decision date
25 January 2026
Permission expires
29 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Pier Point Sunderland SR6 0PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
170 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 September 2025
Site notice start
19 August 2025
Site notice end
10 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14134488
Documents
40
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Tyne Metropolitan College, Academy CampusOn this site
  • 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

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© 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.

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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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