Scores of schemes set to bring investment to North Tyneside
FROM hundreds of new houses to a massive cycling route big changes are coming to North Tyneside.
North Tyneside Council has approved scores of applications which will bring new investment into the area.
These are just some of the schemes set to make a major difference.
Rake House Farm housing development
Northumberland Estates was given permission to build 310 houses on land next to Rake House Farm, Rake Lane.
The scheme, approved by North Tyneside Council’s planning committee on November 16, will see a mixture of two, three, four and fivebedroom homes on the site.
A report to the committee stated that the site is part of a wider plot of land that has been earmarked for 3,000 houses.
Murton Gap and Killingworth Moor have been earmarked for housing under the North Tyneside Local Plan. Around 5,000 houses could eventually be constructed 3,000 at Murton Gap and 2,000 at Killingworth Moor.
Permanent cycle path between North Shields and Whitley Bay
North Tyneside Council has drawn up proposals for a permanent, segregated, two-way route between the North Shields Fish Quay and St Mary’s Lighthouse in Whitley Bay. The authority says it would create a safe space for cyclists as well as pedestrians.
The latest proposal also aims to improve safety along the road by introducing a 20mph limit and other traffic safety measures.
The council says it has worked closely with coastal emergency services to resolve some of the design elements that created challenges for search and rescue operations with the previous pop-up scheme.
The new plan will be largely funded by the Department for Transport’s Active Travel Fund (ATF), subject to approval of £3.5m bid, alongside contributions from walking and cycling charity Sustrans and the council. The route will serve local schools and places of work as well as linking into the new transport interchange planned for North Shields and pedestrianised parts of the town centre.
North Shields transport hub and town square
Massive plans have been revealed for a new transport hub and town square in North Shields.
The proposals are part of North Tyneside Council’s Ambition for North Shields and the Fish Quay Masterplan, aimed at transforming the town centre and riverside and providing the right environment for businesses, leisure users and retail.
Community groups, residents and businesses have all been asked for their views to help refine the designs ahead of the plans officially being lodged.
The site will also feature a new open town square for events and leisure activities with new planting, creating a green space in the heart of the town centre and increasing biodiversity in an urban environment. The authority says the proposed walkway will represent a “vast improvement” on the current stepped route with much-improved accessibility and will create a safer link between the improved town centre and vibrant Fish Quay.
It will feature green open spaces and different route options to suit different needs, including step-free routes and steps with handrails, as well as a direct route from top to bottom via steps.
The North Shields Masterplan, which was adopted by Cabinet in January 2021 following a full public consultation, features eight separate projects aimed at breathing new life into the town centre and attracting more people to live, work and visit as well as attracting private sector investment.
Motorhog
Revised plans to regenerate a former North Tyneside dismantling yard described as an “eyesore” have been lodged with the council.
In July, North Tyneside Council’s planning committee gave the goahead to plans from Mandale Construction Ltd to flatten the existing buildings at the former Motorhog site, on Wallsend Road, North Shields to make way for 39 units.
At the time councillors backed the scheme after a report from the planning department told how the site was blighted by vandalism.
They said the proposals were a chance to get the “eyesore” yard cleaned up and put back into use.
Since then the developer has had to submit a new application for the development, which would feature a mix of industrial and storage and distribution units.
However, because the firm wants to install electricity substations, and confirm cycle storage, it has submitted a new application.
Backworth ‘Ageing Well Village’
Almost 200 jobs could be created if plans for a vast new retirement facility in a North Tyneside village are approved.
Northumberland Estates are behind proposals to build an “Ageing Well Village” on land south of Roddam Close in Backworth.
If the plans are given the goahead, the village will be made up of extra care facilities, a health and wellbeing hub boasting a hydrotherapy pool, restaurant, hair salon, small shop, therapy rooms, office space and ‘multi-functional rooms’.
Also part of the plans are a children’s nursery and a range of housing for people later in life, which includes single occupancy bedrooms, two bedroom apartments, houses, bungalows and three-bedroom houses.