Hadrian House Higham Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8AF Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2070/01/EIA - EIA Development Pending Consideration

Proposal

Demolition of Hadrian House and interlinked raised walkways and construction of a purpose-built student accommodation building (Sui Generis) (of varying heights, up to 21 storeys) (23 floors including lower ground, upper ground, mezzanine and floors 1-20) comprising 507 units, provision of enhanced pedestrian route and public realm and associated hard and soft landscaping and engineering works, (amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:19

Application progress

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Received

22 Dec 2025

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Committee

4 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Mar 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 4 Oct 2026; it is now day 286.

Planning committee

Decided by Newcastle upon Tyne Planning Committee on 4 Sept 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

Officers advised granting permission because the benefits of student accommodation and public realm outweighed heritage and other identified harms.
Residents raised concerns about height, overshadowing, privacy, noise, antisocial behaviour, heritage, services and ground-gas contamination.
By 4 votes to 3, the committee was minded to grant permission, subject to a legal agreement and conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, public speaking, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Newcastle upon Tyne's committee minutes of 4 Sept 2026.

Documents 270

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF committee report Officer Report · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 40

Plans & drawings 179

Application forms 2

PDF Hadrian-House-CIL-Form Supporting/Supplementary Info · 8 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form Redacted Application Forms/Certificates · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 4

10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: 6, 7 and 8, Higham Place, Grade II, about 8 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 9 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 10 with distances

8 m6, 7 and 8, Higham PlaceGrade II
29 mLaing Art GalleryGrade II
55 mTiffany's Club (West Part)Grade II*
85 mBroadcasting HouseGrade II
116 mNumber 5 and Railings in FrontGrade II
122 m7, Saville PlaceGrade II
125 mMEA HouseGrade II
128 m1-5, Ellison PlaceGrade II
139 mChurch of the Divine Unity and Durant HallGrade II
150 mPlummer HouseGrade II

Historic England ↗

Air quality management area: AQMA No.1b (City Centre)

The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.

Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.

Council record ↗

Scheduled monument about 152 m away: Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Plummer Tower and a 17th century bastion

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 ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Newcastle upon Tyne built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 26 September 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 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £4,500,000 in January 2019. Other property, leasehold.

18 January 2019£4,500,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Newcastle upon Tyne
Application type: EIA Development
Postcode: NE1 8AF
Received: 22 Dec 2025
Validated: 22 Dec 2025
Ward: y_Monument (up to May 2026)
Parish: Not Within A Parish Boundary
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Mar 2026
Decision level: Planning Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Leaseholder: Show

Decision outlook

Day 286, past the statutory target. 58% of commercial and major works in Newcastle upon Tyne are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 286230 days past the 56-day target

37%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

24%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: 23 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024

Notification of prior approval for demolition of 8 storey office building

2024/1244/01/NOD 8 Aug 2024

Within ~100m

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Planning Authority Score

4.9/10

Below average

#154 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

Hadrian House Higham Place, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8AF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 270

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 40

Plans & drawings 179

Application forms 2

Other documents 48

Site constraints 4

Sales history 1

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