Controversial plans for a major housing development at the mouth of the Ouseburn remain on the table.
While last week saw the expiry of planning permission for the gigantic Whey Aye wheel project, building plans to radically transform a neighbouring site on Newcastle’s riverside are still in the works. Developers PfP-igloo caused a commotion when they unveiled designs for an 18-storey tower on the vacant Malmo Quay site in 2021, with concerns that the 223ft block would dominate the skyline at the eastern end of the Quayside.
But those plans were then redrawn after a public backlash and now feature a 10-storey complex on the Malmo plot, with a further 73 homes also planned on Spillers Quay – next to where the 460ft ferris wheel was proposed for. Updates on the development had gone quiet since the scaled-back plans were revealed last August, but there has now been progress that takes the scheme closer to a decision being made by Newcastle City Council on whether it is allowed to go ahead.
