Plans resubmitted for £250m Quayside ‘urban village’ to incorporate green space

Updated plans for a development on Newcastle’s Quayside have been resubmitted with an increased emphasis on open space.

Developer Newby has resubmitted the plans for the £250m Quayside West development, which will see the 15-acre former Calders site on Skinnerburn Road transformed into an ‘urban village’.

The redeveloped plans have seen the reduction of residential units from 1,500 to 1,100 in order to create more open spaces.

In addition, buildings have been reconfigured to allow views of the River Tyne from the entrance to the site as well as opening up the arrival space with the removal of a commercial unit.

Plans for a hotel at the site have been amended to free up more space in the central plaza, with a new public green square and ‘break-out’ space for commercial uses. To the west of the site, a gateway building will now mark the site entrance, with heights reduced and blocks reconfigured.

It is estimated that the development will create over 500 jobs during its 10-year construction schedule, as well as creating hundreds of ongoing employment opportunities once completed.

Simon Hepden at Newby commented: “We feel Quayside West is a very special opportunity to do something amazing in the heart of Newcastle. Especially at the current time, it is so important to still be looking at ways we can help grow and invest in our cities.

“Every time we adapt plans we do so to ensure this is a development which everyone can get behind. As always, planning and consultation is a journey, and rarely do things stay as they are first presented, getting refined and improved as they go through the process.

“With the significant infrastructure improvements it brings, including the spine road and off-site highways works, Quayside West could be the catalyst which opens up the whole Forth Yards regeneration area for development. It’s an exciting time.”

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