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Dismissed23 June 20263367599

Newcastle City Heliport, Railway Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 7AD

Planning appeal 3367599 at Newcastle City Heliport, Railway Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 7AD (Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council) was dismissed on 23 June 2026 by Inspector Dowsett J, following an inquiry.

Demolition of existing structures on the site and its redevelopment for up to 356 dwellings in a series of 4 to 7 storey high blocks with associated underground car parking, landscaping and engineering works

Authority
Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dowsett J
Postcode
NE4 7AD

What decided it

The appellant's unreasonable substitution of a materially different drainage strategy at the appeal stage after the Council had already prepared its evidence based on the original proposal, causing unnecessary and wasted expense.

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