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North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

|Date: 20 November, 2023

North East housing providers form partnership to help deliver more social homes across the region

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need t ...

With over 40,000 North East households on the waiting list for social housing, there’s a desperate need to rapidly build more genuinely affordable homes across the region. A group of North East based ...

20 November, 2023
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Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking teams lack the capacity to meet strategic objectives

|Date: 2 October, 2023

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking teams lack the capacity to meet strategic objectives

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking professionals say their team does not have the cap ...

Two-thirds of local authority planning and placemaking professionals say their team does not have the capacity to meet their authority’s strategic objectives, according to a new survey. The Recruitmen ...

2 October, 2023
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Innovative homes scheme to begin in Gateshead

|Date: 25 August, 2023

Innovative homes scheme to begin in Gateshead

Work will commence in the autumn on two innovative, landmark Gateshead developments — 49 homes in High Sp ...

Work will commence in the autumn on two innovative, landmark Gateshead developments — 49 homes in High Spen, in the west of the borough and 62 affordable homes near the town centre. The High Spen prop ...

25 August, 2023
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Delivery of new homes to old Freight Depot

|Date: 2 March, 2023

Delivery of new homes to old Freight Depot

After lying vacant for over 25 years, one of the most historic sites in Gateshead — the former Freight De ...

After lying vacant for over 25 years, one of the most historic sites in Gateshead — the former Freight Depot, just off the Felling Bypass — will now be redeveloped, with 270 new homes being built over ...

2 March, 2023
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Building Birtley — work starts on third phase of housing project

|Date: 31 August, 2022

Building Birtley — work starts on third phase of housing project

Work has started on the third phase of housing development at Birtley, Gateshead, which is part of a £350 ...

Work has started on the third phase of housing development at Birtley, Gateshead, which is part of a £350m, housing led regeneration initiative being driven by the Gateshead Regeneration Partnership ( ...

31 August, 2022
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Wates Construction overcomes Covid challenge to deliver new Gateshead SEN school

|Date: 25 February, 2021

Wates Construction overcomes Covid challenge to deliver new Gateshead SEN school

Wates Construction has completed its first project for Gateshead Council with the delivery of a £12m new ...

Wates Construction has completed its first project for Gateshead Council with the delivery of a £12m new school for children with special educational needs (SEN). The new Gibside SEN School saw Wates ...

25 February, 2021
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Derelict site receives planning approval for regeneration

|Date: 5 February, 2021

Derelict site receives planning approval for regeneration

Permission has been granted for the redevelopment of a 19 acre Tyneside site which has stood unused and s ...

Permission has been granted for the redevelopment of a 19 acre Tyneside site which has stood unused and semi derelict for over 25 years. Gateshead Council’s planning committee approved proposals for 3 ...

5 February, 2021
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New homes for those in most need in Gateshead

|Date: 10 December, 2020

New homes for those in most need in Gateshead

A unique housing development, providing much needed council homes, increasingly in demand in Gateshead, h ...

A unique housing development, providing much needed council homes, increasingly in demand in Gateshead, has received unanimous approval from the borough’s planning committee. The new housing developme ...

10 December, 2020
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Work underway to build 23 new homes in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead

|Date: 26 February, 2020

Work underway to build 23 new homes in Rowlands Gill, Gateshead

The 23 new homes at Gibside Chase — a mix of three- and four-bedroomed properties — are being delivered b ...

The 23 new homes at Gibside Chase — a mix of three- and four-bedroomed properties — are being delivered by the Gateshead Regeneration Partnership (GRP) on land formerly occupied by an Infant School, j ...

26 February, 2020
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300 new homes plan for depot site

|Date: 17 February, 2020

300 new homes plan for depot site

The historic Freight Depot site in central Gateshead that has stood vacant for 25 years could be about to ...

The historic Freight Depot site in central Gateshead that has stood vacant for 25 years could be about to go through a huge redevelopment. A planning application for 300 new homes on the former freigh ...

17 February, 2020
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