Barratt Homes scheme to go before Newcastle
In the making since 2020, the housebuilder’s plans for 140 homes at the Newcastle Great Park Brunton Quarry site, located off the A1 North Brunton Interchange, are recommended for approval.
To be developed under the David Wilson brand, original plans for 156 homes have been scaled down.
Blake Hopkinson Architects, the project team also includes Fairhurst and SouthernGreen.
The full planning application is for a mix of detached, semi-detached and terraced homes on a 14-acre greenfield site allocated for housing in the city’s Core Strategy and Urban Core Plan.
The site, known as NN4c, forms part of the wider Newcastle Great Park development area.
Proposals include a new access to the site via a reconfigured priority junction from the A1 North Brunton Interchange, drainage infrastructure, landscaped areas, and public open space.
Sustainable drainage ponds would be provided near the site entrance, connecting into the existing Great Park drainage network.
Of the 140 homes proposed, the majority would be two-storey, with 46 two-and-a-half storey properties.
The development would include 30 four-bedroom homes, 99 three-bedroom homes and 11 two-bedroom homes.
Twenty-one properties, representing 15% of the total, would be affordable housing, comprising discounted market sale and affordable rented units.
Public open space would be provided throughout the site, including a landscaped buffer along the western boundary, informal play space within the development and additional planting to the north.
The site sits adjacent to Green Belt land and areas designated for ecological mitigation, though no built development is proposed within the Green Belt itself.
The application also proposes new pedestrian and cycle links connecting to existing routes across the A1, with access to nearby services and public transport. Further walking and cycling improvements to Rotary Way would be secured through a financial contribution as part of a legal agreement.
Newcastle City Council will make a decision on the scheme at its planning meeting on 23 January.
