Planning application
3 Ouston Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6AS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate for proposed use of Children’s Residential Care Home (Class C2) accommodating up to 2no. Children.
As published by the council, reference 2025/1674/01/LDC
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1674/01/LDC
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Development Existing/Proposed
- Status
- Rejected
- Decision
- Refused
- Received
- 20 Oct 2025
- Ward
- y_Benwell And Scotswood (up to May 2026)
- Parish
- Not Within A Parish Boundary
- Postcode
- NE15 6AS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Newcastle upon Tyne register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 2 refused.
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2026/0001/01/DET Refused
3 Ouston Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6AS
Change of use of residential dwelling (Class C3) to residential care home (Class C2) for up to 4 children.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Oct 2025
Received by Newcastle upon Tyne
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What this refusal means
Newcastle upon Tyne refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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3 Ouston Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6AS
Change of use of residential dwelling (Class C3) to residential care home (Class C2) for up to 4 children.
Refused Full applicationsDomestic -
Land To The South Of Armstrong Road, East Of Shafto Street, North Of Scotswood Road And West Of Phase 2 And Whitehouse Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6HE
Minor material amendment: Variation of condition 2 (amendment to approved plans) and of conditions 13, 14, 16, 19, 21, 37, 38, 41 (amend the wording) of planning permission 2023/1505/01/DET dated 18.07.2025. Earth moving operations, construction of retaining walls, erection of 346no. dwellings and café (use class E), highway infrastructure, creation of SuDS and hard and soft landscaping and other associated works (as amended by info submitted up to 21.01.2025).
Granted AmendmentsMajor scheme -
Land To The South Of Armstrong Road, East Of Shafto Street, North Of Scotswood Road And West Of Phase 2 And Whitehouse Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6HE
Decision due ~7 Apr
Submission of details of samples of the materials to be used in the construction of the external surfaces to comply with condition 3 and details of hard and soft landscape works to comply with condition 5 of Planning Permission 2023/1505/01/DET dated 18-07-2025
Status unknown Conditions -
Land To The South Of Armstrong Road, East Of Shafto Street, North Of Scotswood Road And West Of Phase 2 And Whitehouse Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6HE
Submission of Training and Employment Plan as required by Clause 6 of Schedule 1 of S.106 Agreement dated 18th July 2025 relating to application reference 2023/1505/01/DET.
Granted -
Land To The South Of Armstrong Road, East Of Shafto Street, North Of Scotswood Road And West Of Phase 2 And Whitehouse Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE15 6HE
Non Material Amendment (Moving of the dwelling position of Plots 17-24, 29-32, 35-41, 44 & 45 southwards by 2m) of planning permission 2023/1505/01/DET dated 18.07.2025.
Withdrawn AmendmentsDomestic
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