The Gatehouse Lodge, Benwell Low Water Works Axwell Park View, Newcastle Upon Tyne Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1816/01/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Application: External repairs to include removal of existing lean-to roof and supporting structure, install new lean-to roof, repair existing stone wall to existing gable, install new rainwater goods. Internal repairs to include removal of existing plaster throughout the property and make good walls, remove existing timber floor and substructure, build up existing void and install new Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Nov 2025
✓
Approved
6 Feb 2026

Approved on 6 Feb 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 19 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 ↗
2 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Lodge to Benwell Waterworks, Grade II, 2 m away · 2 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
Inside the Newcastle upon Tyne built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 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
Listed Building Consent
Received
11 Nov 2025
Validated
11 Nov 2025
Ward
y_Benwell And Scotswood (up to May 2026)
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Feb 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
6 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
SW Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, 24 days slower than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 63 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.

38%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
187decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Feb 2026
Newcastle upon Tyne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#154 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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