Land at the former Stobswood Colliery and the associated brickworks. The site has been cleared in recent times following cessation of the industrial uses, with all the previous buildings and associated industrial infrastructure having gradually been cleared as the site declined. This culminated with clearance of the brickworks in 2005 following final closure. Now fully vacant, it comprises of the footprint of former buildings and hardstanding, much of which is overgrown. Demolition waste still occupies the site following the clearance and significant remediation is still required prior to redevelopment. Somewhat peripheral location, being located to the opposite side of the ECML to the rest of Stobswood and Widdrington Station. However, it does offer a chance for a comprehensive redevelopment of derelict industrial land. A residential scheme has been proposed for a number of years and there is a complex planning history to the site. The original proposal for 36 units was refused in 2006 (CM/05/D/773). In 2007, a revised outline permission for 26 homes was permitted (CM/20061042). However, this was not progressed and the permission lapsed due to non-implementation. Following this, a hybrid consent was submitted in 2008 for 149 homes, and this application was eventually approved in 2015 after being under consideration for a number of years (CM/20090001). It included full planning permission for a small-scale scheme of 19 dwellings, a phase-1 to development, with the bulk of the dwellings being in outline. Shortly after this approval, some initial site works were commenced and this implemented this permission, ensuring that it will not lapse. A lengthy hiatus followed before an application to vary the approved hybrid was permitted in 2020 (17/04653/VARYCO). This reduced the overall yield of the development to 104 homes. However, a Section 73 application then set out that the applicant proposed to expand the phase-1 area to encompass 50 dwellings rather than the 19 previously indicated. However, despite the original permission, and indeed the later Section 73 application, allowing for up to 149 dwellings on site, it is now understood that the applicant is now proposing to provide fewer homes across the site as a whole, based on a reduced developable area, due to provision of additional open space. A revised variation application was approved in November 2024, to amend the phasing areas and layout, while reducing the overall total to 100 dwellings. It is understood that housebuilding will be able to commence on completion of the site works. Part of site considered deliverable in the coming five years, with remainder forecast for completion following this.
Stobswood Brickworks, Stobswood