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Brownfield land

2345b

Geographical area

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CURIE brownfield-land:2345b no fact link
Prefix brownfield-land Facts about Prefix
Reference 2345b Facts about Reference
Name 2345b Facts about Name
Quality Authoritative: We have some data from the authoritative source no fact link
Dataset Brownfield land no fact link
Organisation Northumberland County Council no fact link
Start date 2016-06-30 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2024-11-22 Facts about Entry date
Typology geography no fact link
Point POINT (-2.093188 54.97059) Facts about Point
Notes Extensive former workhouse and hospital buildings and land to the east of Hexham town centre that have been under-utilised in recent years. Now surplus to requirements and offers opportunity for extensive redevelopment. An initial outline permission was granted in 1999 for redevelopment of the whole hospital site, but lapsed without a start being made (T/980896). Site now split into two adjacent parcels (2345a, 2345b). This western parcel is occupied by the former 19th Century workhouse, although the buildings had been utilised by the NHS since the late 1940s, and have been extended at various times over the years. The site has not been in full-time occupation since 2005 and has been completely vacant since 2015. An application for part demolition, extension, alteration and conversion of the former workhouse buildings to create 34 apartments was secured in 2019 (19/01380/FUL). The buildings considered to make a limited contribution to the conservation area will be demolished but the remainder are be retained for conversion. The site is also allocated for residential development in the Northumberland Local Plan (2022) and also in the Hexham Neighbourhood Plan (2021). It has been confirmed that the site has been sold on for development. Although no substantive work has been undertaken on the residential aspect of the project, it is understood that site works have commenced. This means that the planning permission has been implemented and will not lapse. The scheme is forecast for completion within the next five years. NB - also see separate proposal for 43 flats on adjacent site (2345a). Facts about Notes
Hectares 0.76 Facts about Hectares
Deliverable yes Facts about Deliverable
Site address Hospital land at Dean Street, Hexham (west) Facts about Site address
Site plan url https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/fa5b04e3dc8a4e439eb393d0ca64b0d8/ Facts about Site plan url
Ownership status owned-by-a-public-authority Facts about Ownership status
Maximum net dwellings 34 Facts about Maximum net dwellings
Minimum net dwellings 34 Facts about Minimum net dwellings
Planning permission date 2019-12-11 Facts about Planning permission date
Planning permission type full-planning-permission Facts about Planning permission type
Planning permission status permissioned Facts about Planning permission status
Planning permission history https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=PQQ9UTQSFS800 Facts about Planning permission history

Available Code Snippets:

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        "start-date": "2016-06-30",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 1725280,
        "name": "2345b",
        "dataset": "brownfield-land",
        "typology": "geography",
        "reference": "2345b",
        "prefix": "brownfield-land",
        "organisation-entity": 220,
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "POINT (-2.093188 54.97059)",
        "quality": "authoritative",
        "notes": "Extensive former workhouse and hospital buildings and land to the east of Hexham town centre that have been under-utilised in recent years. Now surplus to requirements and offers opportunity for extensive redevelopment. An initial outline permission was granted in 1999 for redevelopment of the whole hospital site, but lapsed without a start being made (T/980896). Site now split into two adjacent parcels (2345a, 2345b). This western parcel is occupied by the former 19th Century workhouse, although the buildings had been utilised by the NHS since the late 1940s, and have been extended at various times over the years. The site has not been in full-time occupation since 2005 and has been completely vacant since 2015. An application for part demolition, extension, alteration and conversion of the former workhouse buildings to create 34 apartments was secured in 2019 (19/01380/FUL). The buildings considered to make a limited contribution to the conservation area will be demolished but the remainder are be retained for conversion. The site is also allocated for residential development in the Northumberland Local Plan (2022) and also in the Hexham Neighbourhood Plan (2021). It has been confirmed that the site has been sold on for development. Although no substantive work has been undertaken on the residential aspect of the project, it is understood that site works have commenced. This means that the planning permission has been implemented and will not lapse. The scheme is forecast for completion within the next five years. NB - also see separate proposal for 43 flats on adjacent site (2345a).",
        "hectares": "0.76",
        "deliverable": "yes",
        "site-address": "Hospital land at Dean Street, Hexham (west)",
        "site-plan-url": "https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/fa5b04e3dc8a4e439eb393d0ca64b0d8/",
        "ownership-status": "owned-by-a-public-authority",
        "maximum-net-dwellings": "34",
        "minimum-net-dwellings": "34",
        "planning-permission-date": "2019-12-11",
        "planning-permission-type": "full-planning-permission",
        "planning-permission-status": "permissioned",
        "planning-permission-history": "https://publicaccess.northumberland.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=PQQ9UTQSFS800"
    }
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