Full planning application for the erection of 155 at Land North Of Brunton Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne

Summary of planning committee decision

Decided by Newcastle Upon Tyne Planning Committee on 2 Oct 2026.

2025/1264/01/DETApproved

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

Legal agreement requirements

The application was subject to affordable housing, financial contributions, transport measures, ecological commitments and long-term maintenance arrangements.

“- Training employment plan (TEMP) and associated £2500 monitoring fee; - 15% affordable housing provision; - £181,216 (subject to indexation) contributions towards healthcare provision; - £1,124,947 contribution towards primary education provision (including fixtures and fittings); - £205,431 contribution towards special educational provision; - £40,536 contribution towards off- site allotment provision; - £12,784 contribution towards off- site Youth Play provision; -…”

“Town Centre; - Maintenance of highways until adoption; - Requirement to deliver and maintain the biodiversity net gain requirement (on and off site) and pay a monitoring fee of £8,566; - £16,542 contribution towards ecological mitigation at Havannah Nature Reserve; - £45,000 contribution towards NGP Wildlife Ecology Ranger; - Long term management and maintenance of SuDS, open space areas and landscaping; - Long term management and maintenance of play equipment; - £10,000 fee…”

Minutes

Fallback if agreement fails

The application was recommended for refusal if a satisfactory legal agreement was not received by 1 January 2027, unless an extension was agreed.

“It was also recommended that in the event that a satisfactory section 106 agreement covering the issues raised above is not received by 1 January 2027 it is recommended that the application be refused for its failure to make adequate provision in this regard contrary to Policy DEL1 of the CSUCP unless an extension of time is agreed to the satisfaction of the Service Manager, Planning in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chairs of the Planning Committee.”

Minutes

Delegated changes

Authority was recommended to amend, add or omit conditions and legal-agreement terms where appropriate.

“It was also recommended that delegated authority to the Service Manager, Planning in consultation with the Chair and Vice Chairs of Planning Committee to amend, add or omit conditions and heads of terms of the section 106 legal agreement, where appropriate, to ensure the application complies with relevant development plan policies and national planning guidance…”

Minutes

Councillors at the meeting

Apologies Jamie Robinson Green, Rachel Davison Reform UK, Henry Gallagher Lib Dem, Colin Nichol Reform UK

Source: Plota analysis of the council's record of attendance; parties from the council's list of councillors.

Sources

  • Newcastle Upon Tyne Planning Committee minutes, 2 October 2026
  • Agenda and papers (council website)

Source: Plota analysis of Newcastle Upon Tyne's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.

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At the meeting

Date
Friday 2 October 2026
Committee decided
Approved
Councillors
8Green 3Lib Dem 2Reform UK 2Independent 1Show councillors
Minutes
The council's minutes
Meeting
Agenda and papers (council website)

This committee's year

12 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 1 against officer advice.

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