REDEVELOPMENT OF THE GRADE II LISTED CO-OP DEPARTMENT STORE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Planning consent was secured for the refurbishment of the former Co-operative store on Newgate Street to a 184 bedroom hotel with basement gymnasium and ground floor retail and restaurant uses. The proposals included the demolition of a Listed water tower and [...]

PROPOSED CHANGE OF USE FROM A DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT TO A BAR AND RESTAURANT, INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO A GRADE II LISTED BUILDING PROJECT DESCRIPTION 63 Quayside, formerly Flynn’s Bar, is a Grade II Listed building within the Newcastle Central Conservation Area. OUTCOMES REQUIRED / MET Full planning and listed building consent granted conditionally. [...]

PLANS TO TURN EMPTY NEWCASTLE CITY CENTRE RETAIL UNIT INTO BAR AND MUSIC VENUE WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY NEWCASTLE PLANNING COMMITTEE PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Grade II listed property was a former furniture retail unit which occupied three floors. We secured consent for an exciting new bar with live music and casual dining [...]

A new 100 hectare International Advanced Manufacturing Park (Wear Point 55) to the west of the A19 PROJECT DESCRIPTION Proposed development is a hybrid planning submission and includes: Detailed planning for two large manufacturing warehouses and associated access, roads, utilities and car parking Outline planning for a further industrial unit, an hotel, [...]

THE MULTI AWARD WINNING LIVE WORKS IS AN OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING THE CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING 19TH CENTURY ALMS HOUSE INTO A CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S WRITING CENTRE PROJECT DESCRIPTION Includes a commercial office building, a new public park and a performance space. The proposals transformed the last remaining prime Quayside site [...]

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 [...]