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You are invited to share your views on plans by Northumberland Estates for a new renewable energy solar park on land south of Blucher and Walbottle, north of Hospital Lane.

This proposal would connect into the local electricity grid and would have a generation capacity to power the equivalent of approximately 8,800 households and offset around 4,900 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.

This website has been created to present details of the proposed development and provide the opportunity for you to give feedback on the scheme ahead of the submission of a planning application to Newcastle City Council. As part of the online consultation, please complete the feedback form provided on the ‘Have Your Say’ section of this website.

Once this pre-application consultation process is concluded, a detailed planning application will be submitted to Newcastle City Council. Once the planning application has been submitted, there will be further opportunity for you to make comments directly to the Council.

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ABOUT NORTHUMBERLAND ESTATES

Northumberland Estates have a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, farming and forestry development, and have recently expanded into the development and management of renewable energy schemes.

In May 2023, Northumberland Estates obtained planning permission for a 28MW solar park in Backworth, North Tyneside, which has the potential to power nearly 9,000 homes and offset approximately 7,400 tonnes of C02 emissions per annum. The Backworth solar park will revert back to agricultural land by 2030 after its agreed 40 year operational lifespan.

Northumberland Estates plan to deliver a number of solar and other renewable energy schemes across the north east of England in order to support a low carbon economic and the delivery of sustainable energy into the grid.