Newcastle Great Park

Newcastle Great Park

Newcastle Great Park
 Newcastle Great Park shown within Tyne and Wear
OS grid referenceNZ22853
Metropolitan boroughNewcastle upon Tyne
Metropolitan county Tyne and Wear
RegionNorth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Postcode district NE3 & NE13
Dialling code 0191
Police Northumbria
Fire Tyne and Wear
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
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Coordinates: 55°01′55″N 1°38′38″W / 55.032°N 1.644°W / 55.032; -1.644

Newcastle Great Park is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated to the north of the city centre. Much of Newcastle Great Park is still under development and has grown out of the north-west sides of Gosforth, Fawdon and Kingston Park. Newcastle Great Park is the largest housing development in the North East of England.[1]

History

Development of this area, Newcastle City Council's 'Northern Development Area' had been in planning since at least 1991.[2] In the 1990s the plans consisted of 2,500 houses and a 200 acre business and industrial development which could provide up to 10,000 jobs.[3] Current indicitave phasing shows plans for 3,300+ homes by 2030 and 4,100+ beyond 2030.[1]

Play park within Melbury development
Great Park Store within Melbury development

Development

The Newcastle Great Park development is 15 years into a 30+ year building project.[1] Estates within the Great Park include:

Housing is currently under development by Charles Church, Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey. Great Park town centre is proposed to be situated near Brunton Lane to the west of the A1.[4] According to Newcastle City Council the town centre will include a supermarket, high street style shops, cafes, restaurants, a hotel, nursing home, private hospital and leisure facilities. A Londis shop, which opened on Featherstone Grove in March 2011, was the first store in the Melbury estate - this is now a Premier Express shop known as 'The Great Park Store'.

Housing numbers

House building in Great Park started in 2001 on the Warkworth Woods development shortly followed by Melbury in 2002. The table below shows current and planned housing numbers, in date order, up to 2030:[5]

Development Name Development Cell Timescale Number of Homes
Warkworth Woods Cell H 2001–2005 175
Melbury Cell I 2002–2010 500
Greenside Cell G 2007–2015 326
Town Centre (Flats) Cell F 2009–2010 82
East Moor Village Cell F 2009–2012 82
Brunton Village / Grange (phase 1) Cell F 2010–2015 282
Brunton Grange (phase 2) Cell F 2013–2019 332
Elmwood Park Court / View / Gardens Cell C 2013–2020 432
TBC Cell E 2015–2019 200
TBC Cell D 2016–2029 800
TBC Cell A 2019–2030 880

Education

Newcastle Great Park contains one first school, Brunton First School, and as Newcastle operates a three tier education system older students feed into Gosforth Junior High Academy and on to Gosforth Academy. Brunton First School opened in September 2009.[6]

In 2015 the academy unveiled a bid to build an additional 1,200-place secondary school in Newcastle Great Park as potential plan to meet the demand for school places from the expanding residential community in the area.[7]

Business

The software company Sage Group has their world headquarters in Newcastle Great Park.[8] Sage Group's building, named North Park, was one of the first occupants of Newcastle Great Park. Esh Plaza is a development currently consisting of two buildings - previous occupants included the Credit Services Association and the NHS.[9][10]

Community

The Great Park Community Centre, based on Roseden Way, opened in March 2014 and provides a range of services and facilities to the local community including:

A wide range of activities run from the centre including Pilates, Children's Dance, Drama Sessions, Martial Arts, Girl Guides, Summer Camps, Free Play and more.[11]

Transport

Newcastle Great Park is situated on the A1 road in North Newcastle. The closest Tyne and Wear Metro stations are within Kingston Park and Gosforth. Newcastle Great Park has a park and ride car park and bus services with regular services through Gosforth to the City Centre.

References

  1. 1 2 3 One Core Strategy - Newcastle Great Park Policy NN4 presentation, Newcastle City Council, 15 October 2014
  2. ↑ Newsletter 3, Newcastle Action Group to Save the Green Belt, November 1993
  3. ↑ Northern Development Area Bulletin No 1, 25 March 1998
  4. ↑ "Newcastle Great Park - Newcastle City Council". Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  5. ↑ One Core Strategy, EXAD48 Newcastle Great Park revised housing delivery numbers, June 2014
  6. ↑ "Brunton First School". Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "New £30m school planned for Gosforth to tackle Newcastle's pupil places shortage". The Evening Chronicle. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Contact us". Sage Group. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "Contact CSA". Credit Services Association. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bevan House directions" (PDF). NHS North of Tyne. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Great Park Community Centre". Retrieved 28 August 2014.

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