Land Known As Airlink To The South Of Newcastle International Airport, Woolsington, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE13 8BZ Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0679/01/SCO - Request for scoping opinion Decided

Proposal

Scoping Opinion for Outline application, including enabling works for whole site, with all matters reserved except means of access for a phased development of industrial (B2) freight and warehousing facilities (B8) with associated access, parking and landscaping, alongside provision of a replacement private passenger terminal and footpath widening works to the access road (‘the Proposed Development’) on land south of Newcastle International Airport (known as AirLink), Woolsington (‘the Site’) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Apr 2026
✓
EIA Required
23 Jul 2026

EIA Required on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Site constraints 3

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Woolsington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Request for scoping opinion
Postcode
NE13 8BZ
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
25 May 2026
Decision
EIA Required
Decision date
23 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
DPP Planning

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 May 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#154 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Newcastle upon Tyne is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #205 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Newcastle upon Tyne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #113 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #86 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #205 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #165 of 296
84%
Minor dwellings approved
37 decided (1-9 homes)
95%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
71%
Change of use approved
70 decided
1,005
Total decisions
103 refused in the year to March 2026