Newcastle 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, Taylor Wimpey and Charles Church. Parts of the development have also been built by Barratt.
The early phases of the housing development, known as Melbury and Warkworth Woods are almost 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. Around 2500 homes are proposed.
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 all detached and are a 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 and two buildings containing 42 two bed flats with ground floor mixed use rental units. Bernicia Housing group are 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 and careful and practical integration of level changes across the site will ensure that pedestrian and vehicle access is achieved and accessible to all users.
There are also plans to build a hotel, private hospital and leisure facility in a zone North of Brunton Lane accessed from Great Park Way. For further enquiries on the exciting opportunities for the hotel, private hospital, leisure facility and retail units 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 will be offering some new homes through the Government's 'Newbuild Homebuy'scheme.
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 - 2014. 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 working up plans for the location of the site. We intend to provide 36 half size plots but this may change. The Newcastle Great Park Advisory Committee are very supportive in moving forward with community provision.
NGP Advisory Committee Allotment Report July 2010 (pdf 39kb)
The nursery provision is to be built on the land next to Brunton First School. There will be 52 places available. 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. We also have more information in the related pages section on the right handside of the screen.
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.
You can contact Sue by
Last June we allocated a grant aid budget of £25,000 to be used to fund a wide range of community activities to benefit the residents of the Newcastle Great Park. Grants were between £250 and £3000.
This was unlike other grant aid budgets as the residents of the Newcastle Great Park, decided which projects received the grants.
Some of the projects that received funding were:
A home pack has been developed with useful information for people moving on to the Newcastle Great Park.
Download Home Pack (doc 830kb)
Community panels will help shape the Newcastle Great Park as it develops to meet the community's needs.
The community facilities panel is now up an running. Volunteers from the Newcastle Great Park have been helping us to design the new community building. This panel has worked alongside a group of officers who are interested in developing services at the new community facilities.
For more information contact Sue Wannop on 0191 277 3536
Current planning applications for the Newcastle Great Park can be assessed via public access which is a City Council route for finding out any details about planning applications. If you want to look at any Newcastle Great Park Planning applications click here.
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)
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.
Sally Herbert
Travel Plan Officer
Phone 0191 277 8973
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: 16 August, 2011
