Land and buildings at a vacant farmstead, on the edge of Cramlington. This includes the Grade II listed Damdykes Farmhouse and outbuildings, additional outbuildings further to the north, and the remainder being paddock/grazing land. The existing buildings were occupied until 2005 but have since being vacated have deteriorated significantly and much of the dressed stone and original roofs having been removed. This has rapidly accelerated the structural decay of the listed buildings. The farmstead has been identified for redevelopment for a number of years. An initial application for conversion of the listed agricultural buildings to create 5 dwellings was permitted in 2007 (B/07/00143/RES). However, given the deterioration, it was not considered viable to restore the majority of the listed buildings and this consent lapsed. A revised proposal was put forward, as reappraisal meant new-build development was seen as necessary to support any restoration. Permission was later secured for a total of 20 dwellings in 2011 (11/01273/FUL). The works involved construction of 19 new-build dwellings, and provision of a further unit through conversion and restoration of the Grade II listed farmhouse. Subsequently, a partial revision to the scheme, relating only to the existing farmhouse, was permitted in 2017 (16/01624/FUL). This involved an amendment to the proposed works, with the listed farmhouse being converted to provide 4 dwellings, rather than a single home as previously permitted. To provide clarity, the new-build and conversion projects have been split into separate but associated records (4783a, 4783b). The impact on this is therefore to reduced the yield of the main record for the new-build scheme to 19 dwellings. Development commenced in 2016 and the final units were completed in 2022/23. NB - the remaining 4 units at the steading (barn conversions) permitted in 2017 are now recorded as a small site in the SHLAA (4783b). Works commenced for this project in 2019 but are yet to be completed.
Former Dam Dykes Farm and associated buildings, South of Arcot Lane (west), Cramlington