After several developers have pulled out in the past, at last the Council has been able to approve the Your Homes Newcastle development for the old Hillsview School site off Redland Avenue/Carsdale…
The City Council recently approved plans to try to meet the "growing demand" (pardon the pun) for allotments - by encouraging the splitting of plots, where possible, and a search for new possible…
From its total of almost £35,000 allocated for this year, the Fawdon Ward Committee has agreed to contribute around £5,000 towards the Fawdon Park Sports Development Project. The project creates…
Fawdon councillors and local residents are dismayed that the restaurant development on the site of the former Trap public house on Kenton Road will go ahead after a revised planning application had…
Following some serious examples of unacceptable behaviour by Newcastle University students in North Jesmond ward in September 2010, the Registrar was asked by ward councillors to explain the…
Newcastle City Council has given notice of its intention to make an Article 4 Direction across parts of eight wards in the city. This means that landlords must seek planning permission to convert…
The latest version of the Government proposals on changes in the liquor licensing laws are in a Bill which was published at the beginning of December. They include:
It has been the policy of the Lib Dem controlled City Council to devolve as much decision making as possible to ward councillors. For six years we have had a substantial revenue budget at ward level…
Services aimed at children and young people in Newcastle are performing well and have improved significantly with a large majority of services, settings and institutions rated as outstanding,…