410-412 South Eldon Street South Shields NE33 5SY Data via plota.co.uk

250776 - Full Planning Permission Refused
Change of use

Proposal

Change of use C3 dwellings to C4 HMO (6 persons) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Dec 2025
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Refused
9 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 9 Mar 2026 · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Tyneside Planning Committee on 9 Mar 2026.

Refused unanimously

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

  • A member relayed a ward councillor's comments that four HMOs already existed locally, raising concern for nearby elderly residents and parking.
  • Members felt the application did not represent a well-run HMO and could not support it given oversaturation and harm to residential amenity.
  • Members voted unanimously to refuse, citing cumulative harm to the area's character, vulnerable residents' amenity, and parking and highway safety.
Read how the committee decided The debate and the reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of South Tyneside's committee minutes of 9 Mar 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 5

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: unnamed, about 58 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the South Shields 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. 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
South Tyneside
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
NE33 5SY
Received
16 Dec 2025
Validated
16 Dec 2025
Ward
Simonside and Rekendyke
Case officer
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Decision
Refuse Permission
Decision date
9 Mar 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Beaumont and Partners

How this decision compares

Decided in 83 days from validation, 8 days slower than South Tyneside's median of 75 for changes of use. Refused, as 34% of changes of use here are.

37%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
31decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by South Tyneside in the last twelve months, from validation. South Tyneside decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
388 South Eldon Street South Shields NE33 5SY
Change of use of part of ground floor unit and first floor flat to House in Multiple Occu…
250529
2020 Approved
1 St Marys Court South Eldon Street South Shields NE33 5AE 13 St Marys Court South Eldon Street South Shields NE33 5AE
Existing two storey wardens flat which has been vacant for several years, to be converted…
ST/0070/20/FUL
2019 Approved
398 South Eldon Street South Shields NE33 5SY
Demolish part of outbuildings and construct an external metal staircase to the existing f…
ST/0806/19/HFUL
South Tyneside
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#108 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

South Tyneside ranks #154 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Tyneside decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #92 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #24 of 296
64%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #154 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #186 of 296
88%
Minor dwellings approved
8 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
58%
Change of use approved
48 decided
396
Total decisions
32 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings