Land At Bermondsey Street And Boyd Street And Union Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne Data via plota.co.uk

2017/1631/01/DET - Detailed Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of public highway (Bermondsey Street), public footpath (Bermondsey Street) and storage yard to private car park with the occasional use (max. of 36 days per annum) of the entire site as a public plaza for cultural venue including displays and exhibitions with associated lighting, drainage, hard and soft landscaping, alterations to vehicular and pedestrian accesses and stopping up of Bermondsey Street. Partial stopping up of the footpath on Union Street to allow for the reconfiguration of the layout to provide additional parking spaces. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Oct 2026, 05:43

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Application progress

✓

Received

16 Oct 2017

✓

Validated

25 Oct 2017

✓

Approved

6 Oct 2025

Approved on 6 Oct 2025 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Documents 159

Consultation & comments 135

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Document · 26 Mar 2020 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Scheduled monument 223 m away: Hadrian's Wall in wall mile 4, sections of wall between Crawhall Road and Jubilee Road; Coalfield, development low risk area; World heritage site 223 m away: Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Hadrian's Wall); Inside the Newcastle upon Tyne built-up area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 2 November 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

Council: Newcastle upon Tyne
Application type: Detailed Application
Received: 16 Oct 2017
Validated: 25 Oct 2017
Ward: y_Ouseburn (up to May 2026)
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Oct 2025
Decision: Grant Conditionally
Decision date: 6 Oct 2025
Decision level: Planning Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ethical Partnership

How this decision compares

Decided in 2903 days from validation, 2847 days slower than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 84% of changes of use here are.

This one2903d

Council56d

UK56d

50%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

134decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 6 Oct 2025

Newcastle upon Tyne

Planning Authority Score

4.9/10

Below average

#154 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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

Land At Bermondsey Street And Boyd Street And Union Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 159

Decision & officer reports 6

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 2