®Planning appeal decision
Bede House, 20 Stanhope Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyneside, NE4 6BH
Planning appeal 6003934 at Bede House, 20 Stanhope Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Tyneside, NE4 6BH (Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council) was dismissed on 27 March 2026 by Inspector Jones H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that the proposal to remove or vary condition 2 would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, having particular regard to the levels of noise and activity which would result from it.
change of use of building to comprise 8no. Class E units at ground floor level, 1no. Class E unit at first floor and 3no. storage units to be used as additional ancillary storage for the Class E units (1-9) to be created. Installation of extraction equipment, air conditioning units and internal and external alterations including installation of new windows, shop frontages, Juliet balcony and roller shutters. Alterations to car park to extend hardstanding into grassed areas to facilitate setting out of 22 car parking spaces. Alterations to external hard landscaping and installation of cycle parking and creation of bin stores (Retrospective) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 2025/0788/01/DET, dated 30 October 2025
- Authority
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Jones H
- Postcode
- NE4 6BH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that the proposal to remove or vary condition 2 would have on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, having particular regard to the levels of noise and activity which would result from it
What decided it
The extension of opening hours would shift noise-generating commercial activity into the overnight period when background noise is lowest, creating unacceptable intrusion into the living conditions of neighbouring residential occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS14 of the Core Strategy and Urban Core Plan for Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne 2010-2030Policy DM23 of the Newcastle upon Tyne Development and Allocations Plan 2015-2030Policy DM24 of the Newcastle upon Tyne Development and Allocations Plan 2015-2030
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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