Plot 1, Building B, The Helix, Saint James Boulevard, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 5TF Data via plota.co.uk

2023/1865/01/DET - Detailed Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 7 storey hotel (198 bedrooms) (Class C1) with ancillary café and bar at ground floor level function rooms at basement level (Class E/Sui Generis), associated access, servicing and landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:45

Application progress

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Received

5 Dec 2023

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Approved

18 Nov 2025

Approved on 18 Nov 2025 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 145

Decision & officer reports 4

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Officer Report Officer Report · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Committee Report - Plan Officer Report · 10 Dec 2024 View ↗ PDF Committee Report Officer Report · 10 Dec 2024 View ↗

Statements & assessments 24

Plans & drawings 75

Application forms 2

PDF email trail re- information and fee General Correspondence · 18 Dec 2023 View ↗ PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data Application Forms/Certificates · 7 Dec 2023 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF LLFA response General Correspondence · 27 Jun 2024 View ↗

Associated applications 2

Full18 Nov 20252023/1865/01/DETThis application
Erection of 7 storey hotel (198 bedrooms) (Class C1) with ancillary café and bar at ground floor level function rooms…
Conditions details submitted for 22
- ConditionsSubmission of details of Construction Method Statement to comply with condition 22.9 Oct 20262023/1865/03/DCC

Site constraints 6

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. Nearest recorded mine shaft: about 37 m from the postcode pin (reference 424564-011).

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 ↗

Scheduled monument about 129 m away: Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Ever, Morden and Heber towers, two turrets and two sections of town ditch

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Second Church of Christ, Scientist, Grade II, about 45 m from the postcode pin · 7 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.

Show all 8 with distances

45 mSecond Church of Christ, ScientistGrade II
98 mUnnamed
104 mFormer Cooperative Wholesale Society Printing WorksGrade II
119 m190, Westgate RoadGrade II
122 mHouse of Recovery in Yard Behind College of Advanced TechnologyGrade II
128 m200 and 202, Westgate RoadGrade II
128 m178, Westgate RoadGrade II
136 m172 and 174, Westgate RoadGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area about 47 m away: Central; Inside the Newcastle upon Tyne built-up area; Air quality management area about 59 m away: AQMA No.1b (City Centre).

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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: NE4 5TF
Received: 5 Dec 2023
Validated: 5 Dec 2023
Ward: y_Arthurs Hill (up to May 2026)
Parish: Not Within A Parish Boundary
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 21 Nov 2025
Decision: Grant Conditionally
Decision date: 18 Nov 2025
Decision level: Planning Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Avison Young

How this decision compares

Decided in 714 days from validation, 624 days slower than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 90 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 88% of commercial and major works here are.

This one714d

Council90d

UK57d

33%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

19%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Newcastle upon Tyne in the last twelve months, from validation. Newcastle upon Tyne decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 21 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

33 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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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

Plot 1, Building B, The Helix, Saint James Boulevard, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 5TF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 145

Decision & officer reports 4

Statements & assessments 24

Plans & drawings 75

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 39

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

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