Percy Hedley Lower School Station Road Forest Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 8YY
Approved on 24 October 2025
Council decision: Prior approval req'd and grantedDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
Installation of 134 no. 450W Solar Panels, with a total output of 60.3 kWp and associated equipment
- Received
- 4 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Forest Hall
- ReceivedReceived4 Sep
- ValidatedValidated4 Sep
- Consult.Consultation13 Oct
- TargetTarget Date15 Oct
- DecidedDecided24 Oct
Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Percy Hedley Lower School Station Road Forest Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne NE12 8YY. North Tyneside has handled 395 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Forest Hall. We hold 198 applications in total for the NE12 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
- NE12 8YY
- Application type
- Prior app other
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- North West
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 22 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 15 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 24 October 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Luke Lobo 18B Parsons Road Washington Tyne And Wear NE37 1EZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 41 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14305812
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: BentonPart of the site
- Listed building: Church of St BartholomewOn or next to this site
- Tree Preservation Order: 71/00025/TPOPart of the site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Percy Hedley School, Station Road, Forest HallRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: North Tyneside
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