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Middlefields Depot - Main Depot Building Middlefields Industrial Estate Heddon Way South Shields NE34 0NT

260015Solar Photovoltaics Prior Notification Non Domestic up to 1 MegawattApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & Given SPVPN

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Installation, Alteration or Replacement of other Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the Roofs of Non-domestic Buildings. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J

Received
6 January 2026
Ward
Simonside and Rekendyke
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Middlefields Depot - Main Depot Building Middlefields Industrial Estate Heddon Way South Shields NE34 0NT. South Tyneside has handled 149 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than South Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in the Garrison conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Simonside and Rekendyke. We hold 1,389 applications in total for the NE34 postcode area.

94% of outline applications at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE34 0NT
Application type
Solar Photovoltaics Prior Notification Non Domestic up to 1 Megawatt
Development type
Not relevant/other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Last date for comments
10 February 2026

Publicity

Site notice start
20 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: South Tyneside

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