Judges have dealt another blow to plans for a major apartment block on Newcastle’s Quayside, after siding with council chiefs and neighbours fighting the development.
In the latest chapter in a long-running saga over the contentious Plot 12 site, the Court of Appeal has dismissed a developer’s bid to secure approval for nearly 300 new flats. The proposals, which critics have branded “monolithic”, have been the subject of a prolonged legal fight since first being rejected by Newcastle City Council just over two years ago.
It has been claimed that the 289-flat complex, which would sit on a troublesome patch of land which has lain empty for decades, would block the view to and from the historic St Ann’s Church and would “decimate” the living conditions of its neighbours at the St Ann’s Quay building. While developers Packaged Living and Robertson Property successfully challenged the city council’s initial decision at a public inquiry in March 2022, that was quashed by a High Court ruling last November.
