Planning application submitted for former Hexham school site

11 Nov 2024

An outline planning application has been submitted for a former Hexham school site to be redeveloped as a high-quality residential community.  

Consultants IDP were chosen to develop a planning application for the site after extremely positive feedback from local residents on the Masterplan for the old Hexham Middle School 

The public can access the outline application via the Northumberland public access planning website (using ref 24/03778/OUT). Further consultation will take place in the future when a development partner is on board and more detailed plans emerge for the site. 

The application will seek to secure more affordable housing than is required by planning policy. It also includes a long-term “design code” for the site, setting out how every element of the new homes and buildings on the site will complement the character and quality of this scheme.  

This design code also helps set out how the refurbishment of historic buildings on the site can be sympathetically bought into new uses. 

In parallel with this technical work, the Council remains in dialogue with a number of potential development partners who will help the delivery of specific elements of this scheme, such as the residential extra care unit. The selected partners will be confirmed in due course. 

Councillor Richard Wearmouth, Deputy Leader of Northumberland County Council, said: “We’re really pleased to have reached this important milestone for this key site in Hexham. 

“We've been clear from the start we want the local community involved throughout and this will continue. 

“We’re confident in the future this site will be a real flagship for the town.”