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Doctors Residence and The Leas Buildings South Tyneside District Hospital Harton Lane South Shields NE34 0PL

ST/0149/22/DEMApplication for DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 18 March 2022

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & Given

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed demolition of Doctors Residence and The Leas Buildings {under Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended}.

Received
4 January 2022
Ward
Whiteleas
  1. Received4 Jan
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Doctors Residence and The Leas Buildings South Tyneside District Hospital Harton Lane South Shields NE34 0PL. South Tyneside has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than South Tyneside's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,389 applications in total for the NE34 postcode area.

96% of all 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 0PL
Application type
Application for Demolition
Development type
Residential Other, Residential demolition/clearance, Retail conversions/change of use, Retail demolition/clearance
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2022
Last date for comments
21 February 2022
Application expires
21 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    4 Jan

    Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed demolition of Doctors Residence and The…

    This applicationApprovedOtherST/0149/22/DEM
  2. 2022
    4 Jan

    PRODUCED INCORRECT YEAR SUFFIX - SEE ST/0149/22/DEM

    WithdrawnApplication for DemolitionRelatedST/1233/22/DEM

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