Former factory comprising two main industrial buildings and associated land as part of wider industrial estate. The site was previously been occupied by The Officers Club but had become disused after the business closed. Identified for redevelopment for a mixed-use scheme. The vacant industrial buildings requiring demolition and clearance. An initial outline application for demolition of the existing factory and construction of 225 dwellings was refused in 2006 (05/00188/OUT). A revised outline permission for mixed-use development was then allowed on appeal in 2013 (11/02409/OUT). This outline proposal was for two elements, a residential phase of 120 homes and an employment phase providing commercial and industrial floorspace. Subsequently, a reserved matter application for 118 homes followed in 2014 (14/02894/REM). Construction commenced in 2015. Development of 118 dwellings completed in 2017/18.
The Officers Club Ltd, Bassington Avenue, Cramlington