MUSIC AND CULTURAL QUARTER CONVERSION OF OLD FIRE STATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION Site adjacent to the Dun Cow pub and close to the Empire Theatre. In Bishopwearmouth Conservation Area Conversion of former fire station mixed-use development comprising dance/theatre studios, cafe, bar/restaurant and exhibition space. OUTCOMES REQUIRED/MET Detailed planning and listing building consent secured [...]

WIND TURBINE AT LONGFRAMLINGTON PROJECT DESCRIPTION Hedley Planning Services has secured approval for a new wind turbine to be erected on land to the north east of Longframlington as part of a scheme by land owners Mr and Mrs Ness to generate enough energy to power their own home and reduce their [...]

REDEVELOPMENT OF FORMER ALLIED IRISH BANK, 9-17 PORTLAND STREET, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Multi-million pound residential and hospitality development of the former Allied Irish Bank headquarters in Newcastle Conversion of ground and mezzanine floor from bank (Class A2) to restaurant and bar (Class A3/A4) with associated kitchens, storage and plant at [...]

CROOK FIRE STATION, DURHAM PROJECT DESCRIPTION We secured detailed planning consent for a replacement fire station in the Durham Green Belt as part of an estates improvement programme by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority. Issues included Green Belt development, exceptional circumstance, sequential analysis and landscape impact. OUTCOMES REQUIRED / [...]

SNIPERLEY PARK FIRE STATION, DURHAM PROJECT DESCRIPTION We secured detailed planning consent for a replacement fire station in the Durham Green Belt as part of an estates improvement programme by County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority. Issues included Green Belt development, exceptional circumstance, sequential analysis and landscape impact. OUTCOMES REQUIRED [...]

ERECTION OF NEW QUAD STATION AT BARNARD CASTLE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Detailed planning permission secured for £13m project which received funding from the Fire Transformation Fund following an application in 2014 for the delivery of the ‘quad station’ in Barnard Castle. The first of its kind in the UK. An emergency response centre [...]

DETAILED PLANNING APPLICATION TO RELOCATE PONTELAND FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES TO A NEW FACILITY, IN THE GREEN BELT. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Situated on Callerton Lane, Ponteland, the proposed scheme has been developed through consultation with Northumberland Fire and Rescue in order to accommodate their operational and training requirements. The development provides an eloquent [...]