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2026/1350/01/DET - Detailed Application Pending Consideration
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of part of fifth floor (retrospective) and fourth floor from offices (Class E) to a recording studio (Sui Generis). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Aug 2026
Decision
Target date was 7 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 31 Oct 2026; it is now day 80.

Documents 12

Statements & assessments 4

PDF p047 Planning Statement Supporting/Supplementary Info · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ado26127-r_Rev v1 - Salt Recording Studio - Noise Impact Assessment Supporting/Supplementary Info · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Design, Access and Heritage Statement Supporting/Supplementary Info · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Transport and Refuse Statement 260805 Supporting/Supplementary Info · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF p047-0001 - Site Location Plan Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF p047-0010 - Existing Plans Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF p047-0002 - Proposed Site Plan. Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF p047-0050 - Existing Elevations Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF p047-0100 - Proposed Plans Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF P047 - Proposed 1-50 plans 4th & 5th Floors Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Plans · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF ApplicationFormRedacted.pdf Application Forms/Certificates · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Westgate Hall Buildings
List entry 1121960 · The pin is inside its outline · 14 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 13 Grade II)
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 ↗
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 ↗
Registered park or garden 88 m away: Westgate Hill Cemetery
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 38 m away: Summerhill Square; Heritage at risk 61 m away: Church of St Matthew, Summerhill Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; 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

Council
Newcastle upon Tyne
Application type
Detailed Application
Postcode
NE4 6AP
Received
12 Aug 2026
Validated
12 Aug 2026
Ward
Monument
Parish
Not Within A Parish Boundary
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
People Architects Limited

Decision outlook

Day 80, past the statutory target. 66% of changes of use in Newcastle upon Tyne are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 11 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 29 Oct 2026.

Day 8024 days past the 56-day target
47%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
137decided 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
7 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby 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:
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings