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Vacant Formerly South Shields Community School (Blocks B, C & D) Mcanany Avenue South Shields NE34 0PJ

ST/0533/18/DEMApplication for DemolitionApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 6 July 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval Required & Given

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

Proposal

Application for Prior Approval under Schedule 2, Part II of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 for the partial demolition of former South Shields Community School (Blocks B, C & D)

Received
29 May 2018
Ward
Cleadon Park
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Vacant Formerly South Shields Community School (Blocks B, C & D) Mcanany Avenue South Shields NE34 0PJ. South Tyneside has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Tyneside's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Cleadon Park. 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 0PJ
Application type
Application for Demolition
Development type
Not relevant/other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2018
Last date for comments
8 June 2018
Application expires
6 July 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
24 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

Source: South Tyneside

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