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Whitley Bay Police Station Laburnum Avenue Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear NE26 2HY

25/01421/FULfull planning application non majorApproved
Full

Approved on 12 December 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of land to the front of Units 4 and 5 to form front gardens associated with the residential development approved under planning application 24/00058/FUL, including the installation of hardstanding and boundary treatments

Received
29 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Whitley Bay North
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Whitley Bay Police Station Laburnum Avenue Whitley Bay Tyne And Wear NE26 2HY. North Tyneside has handled 1,367 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than North Tyneside's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Whitley Bay North. We hold 750 applications in total for the NE26 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NE26 2HY
Application type
full planning application non major
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Whitley Bay

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2025
Last date for comments
25 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Permission expires
12 December 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14448674
Documents
12
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Whitley Bay Police Station, Laburnum Avenue, Whitley BayRegister 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.

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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