About Newcastle Great ParkNewcastle Great Park (NGP) is located three miles north west of Newcastle City Centre, close to the A1 road. It is a major development with land allocated for a
The scheme is being delivered by the Great Park Consortium, which includes the house builders Persimmon Homes, and Taylor Wimpey. Parts of the development have also been built by Barratt.
The early phases of the housing development, known as Melbury and Warkworth Woods are complete. These properties are on the East side of the A1. Map of Melbury to follow.
View the map of Warkworth Woods (pdf 217kb)
There is also a Residents' Association for Melbury and Warkworth Woods - visit their website at www.melburyandwarkworthwoods.com
The largest phase of the housing development is being built on the West side of the A1 road, along with the town centre.
Greenside
Greenside is one of the developments on the West side of the A1. It is located north of Kingston Park. When complete there will be 320 homes. These properties are contemporary style.
Map of Greenside Development (pdf 1.93mb)
There is a Greenside Residents Association. For more details phone Martin Fletcher on 07890022244
East Moor Village is located next to Brunton First School. When complete there will be 82 homes. A plan of East Moor Village will follow.
The first phase of affordable housing is now complete in the town centre. This includes an extra care facility with 40 two bedroom self contained flats. Also, two buildings containing 42 two bed flats with ground floor mixed use rental units. Bernicia Housing group is responsible for letting and managing this scheme.
The Consortium and Newcastle City Council have worked together to produce a design for a vibrant and exciting town centre which sits a the heart of the development. The multiple use town centre is centered around a new supermarket with North to South pedestrian boulevard, market square and links to the surrounding housing and strategic open space. In the town centre it is planned that high street style shops, cafes and restaurants will provide for the needs of the new community. The area will be pedestrian friendly, with adequate community parking and public transport links.
Other commercial uses are planned, such as a hotel, private hospital and leisure facilities. For further enquiries on commercial opportunities contact Knight Frank on 0191 221 2211.
Artists impression and proposed plans of Town Centre:
Work has started on a further 280 houses West of the town centre. Within this development the Bernicia Group is offering some new homes through the Government's 'Newbuild Homebuy'scheme (map to follow).
Newcastle City Council has given approval in principle for the location of a community building and sports pitches near to Brunton First School. This should be available for use in 2013. More information to follow.
NGP Advisory Committee Community Buidling Report May 2010 (doc 61kb)
There will also be an allotment site on the Newcastle Great Park At the present time we are finalising the location of the site with the consortium.We intend to provide 36 half size plots but this may change.
The new private Brunton Day Nursery is nearing completion and will be opening in the near future. There will be 52 places available. For further information visit their web site at http://www.bruntondaynursery.co.uk/
Sage the Primary Care Trust and Persimmon are located at the Great Park on the business park.
For more information on the Great Park go to www.newcastlegreatpark.com.
The Newcastle Great Park has a park and ride site. It is located off Great Park Way near to Sage on the business park. There are 500 free parking spaces and is open from 7.00am to 7.00pm Monday to Saturday. The X40 bus runs from the cark park every 20 mins during these times. To keep updated on the bus service time table go on the Nexus website http://www.nexus.org.uk
Sue Wannop is the Newcastle Great Park Co-ordinator. Her job is to make sure that as the population grows, people living on the Great Park are able to get involved in its future planning and activities.
You can contact Sue by:
A home pack has been developed with useful information for people moving on to the Newcastle Great Park: Download Home Pack (doc 830kb)
Current planning applications for the Newcastle Great Park can be assessed via planning portal.
The recently approved Planning Enforcement Protocol sets out the standards and procedures the Council will follow when using the wide range of legislative powers available in relation to planning matters. View the full document (pdf, 108Kb)
The 46/46A and the X40 bus services operate on the Newcastle Great Park. You can view the timetable for this service on the Nexus website.
Sustainable Travel guide (pdf, 286Kb)
Cycling in Newcastle website
You can also personalise your journey plan on the Transport Direct Website.
Go to www.northumbria.police.uk where you can enter your postcode and find out local information relevant to the Newcastle Great Park.
Cheryl Ford
Travel Plan Officer
Phone 0191 211 5691
Email: sally.herbert@newcastle.gov.uk
Billy Browell
Senior Planning Officer
Phone 0191 211 5635
Email: billy.browell@newcastle.gov.uk
Bryan Mullan
Traffic Engineer
Phone 0191 211 5966
Email: bryan.mullan@newcastle.gov.uk
Mick Firth
Newcastle Great Park and Major Project Lead Officer
Phone 0191 211 5627
Email: mick.firth@newcastle.gov.uk
Jon Rippon
Planning Enforcement
Phone 0191 211 5639
Email: jon.rippon@newcastle.gov.uk
If you want to contact the developers you can speak to their customer service department on:
Barratts 0191 298 6100
Persimmon and Charles Church 0191 238 9950
Taylor Wimpey 0191 516 5400
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Page last updated: 9 May, 2012
