1 King Street, 2 Fowler Street and Upper Floors of 4-8 Fowler Street South Shields NE33 1DA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from office and financial services (Class E) to 20 dwellings (Class C3) and 1no. retail unit (Class E) and insertion of roof windows. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 30 Sept 2026 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by South Tyneside Planning Committee on 23 Jun 2026.
Approved
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
- Permission was sought to change offices and a bank into 20 dwellings and one retail unit.
- Members welcomed the proposal, saying it would bring a prominent vacant building back into use.
- The committee voted unanimously to be minded to grant permission, subject to a coastal recreation contribution and the recommended conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of South Tyneside's committee minutes of 23 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 4
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- 57 mBarclays BankGrade II
- 64 mThe Scotia Public HouseGrade II
- 110 mWall and Railings of the Museum and Art Gallery Fronting RoadGrade II
- 112 mSouth Shields Museum and Art GalleryGrade II
- 121 mUnnamed
- 137 m67 and 69, King StreetGrade II
- 144 mThe Former Marine School (Ocean Road Annexe)Grade II
Checked on 11 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
- South Tyneside
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NE33 1DA
- Received
- 28 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 28 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Beacon and Bents
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Grant Permission with Conditions
- Decision date
- 30 Sept 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- CREATE Architecture Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 337 days from validation, 270 days slower than South Tyneside's median of 67 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.
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Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 25 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 27 Jan 2026
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26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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