Newcastle City Council, Benfield School Benfield Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE6 4NU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of replacement cladding and windows to various blocks and installation of roof mounted guardrails to create safe access. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026
Documents 23
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 19
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Application type
- Detailed Application
- Postcode
- NE6 4NU
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 6 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Walkergate
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 31 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Grant Conditionally
- Decision date
- 10 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Gradon Architecture
How this decision compares
Decided in 35 days from validation, 19 days faster than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.
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Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 31 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
9 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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