Heliport homes plans thrown out
Newcastle City Council has thrown out plans to build 356 homes on the city’s heliport site.
NB European had been seeking to build the homes across five blocks of four- to seven-storeys on land in Newcastle Forth Yards, but was turned down by committee members at a planning meeting last week.
In its planning submission the group said the site would establish a “vibrant gateway to the west of the city centre and integrate positively with adjacent approved developments”.
Newcastle City Council has thrown out plans to build 356 homes on the city’s heliport site.
NB European had been seeking to build the homes across five blocks of four- to seven-storeys on land in Newcastle Forth Yards, but was turned down by committee members at a planning meeting last week.
In its planning submission the group said the site would establish a “vibrant gateway to the west of the city centre and integrate positively with adjacent approved developments”.
It intends to appeal the verdict.
The scheme was refused due to a lack of detail provided on safe access to the site for residents, noise mitigation, placemaking, biodiversity, climate change impact, open space, affordable homes, and remediation plans.
The plans were also criticised for a lack of variety in the types of houses proposed, almost all of which were one- or two-bedroom flats.
A spokesman for NB European said: “We have worked consistently and diligently with the local planning authority for the last 16 years and we have followed their advice. We have been thwarted, delayed, and the goalposts have been moved. The application was made in good faith and at some considerable expense, it is professionally done.”
MB European’s 5.1-acre site is to the western end of Forth Yards, which has been designated as Newcastle’s flagship area for residential-led development. Consent is already in place for around 1,000 homes on the land.
Norr is architect on the project; planning advice has come from ELG Planning.
Image © Norr
