Ouseburn Area - Developments

[DXNewcastle]

Originally Posted by growly grace

Yes very unfortunate indeed.
Was there not going to be a project for people with special needs?

I'm afraid that I don't think so. Not that I recall.

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[battlefieldjohn]

I thought that Byker Bridge Housing were putting up homes for people with mental health issues, indeed checking their website they are

http://www.bykerbridge.org.uk/tyne/

[DXNewcastle]

Yes, that's a different development, Byker Bridge housing Assoc will be constructing accomodation for their residents just 500mtrs north on Foundry Lane (under Byker Bridge).

I'd been responding to comments at the Igloo-Carillion 'Malings' development on the former Ice Factory site (between Byker bank and The Tyne oub).

[AngerOfTheNorth]

There are a few schemes lined up in the Ouseburn, some with affordable elements, some not. There'll be a decent mix over all.

That scheme on Foundry Lane - if it's the one I'm thinking of - is awful.

[growly grace]

Has the Byker Bridge project got it's funding?

[Adrian_Swall]

Originally Posted by DXNewcastle

Yes, that's a different development, Byker Bridge housing Assoc will be constructing accomodation for their residents just 500mtrs north on Foundry Lane (under Byker Bridge).

I'd been responding to comments at the Igloo-Carillion 'Malings' development on the former Ice Factory site (between Byker bank and The Tyne oub).

Hello DX,

There are some earlier posts on this thread about this #291-293.

[DXNewcastle]

. . . and hello Adrian Swall!

Yes, there are indeed earlier posts about these developments. I'm actually aquainted with the developers of both, but I am cautious not to breach any confidences and won't discuss finance. However, I will pop in here to correct a misapprehension if it's appropriate.

By coincidence, contractors have been on both sites today.

I nearly commented on your recent enquiry about the barrage, with which I'm also very conversant. I'll simply say here that it is fully working, but that the evidence base of its flood alleviation operation when designed was challenged by those intense wet episodes last year. I was at the barrage during some of that torrential rain making observations. Alterations to the mechanics and to the software have been made, but untill all are content that the risk of flooding has been managed adequately, then it remains held open.
No one has forgotten about it!

[AngerOfTheNorth]

Originally Posted by growly grace

Has the Byker Bridge project got it's funding?

As I say, if this is the development I think it is I'm really disappointed in it architecturally. However I do hope that the provision of affordable/sheltered housing does get to go ahead. The Ouseburn offers a great opportunity to create a genuinely mixed community in a beautiful spot, with good links to the city centre and neighbouring areas/facilities.

[Steve Ellwood]

Had to smile at some wags idea to change the 10 green bottle art installation (part of Waymarkers by Lewis Robinson 2002) to 12 green and brown bottles. Situated above the preserved kilns and photographed 19th May 2013.


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[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by Adrian_Swall

Major Planning Application for a development of flats at Foundry Lane, Byker just opposite the Ouse to the Cluny and underneath The Cumberland Arms.

http://publicaccess.newcastle.gov.uk...=M1LQWYBS05200

Not sure if the residents who in the main are people who are at the bottom of the housing ladder and move on after two years in this accommodation will object to any noise coming from the pubs?

Originally I thought the residential developments were to be further down the Ouseburn next to and opposite the Toffee Factory?

This piece from yesterdays (12th June 2013) Evening Chronicle - copyright NCJMedia Ltd.


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[NclArchiStudent]

pretty huge mounds of earth on the Malings site now.

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by NclArchiStudent

pretty huge mounds of earth on the Malings site now.

A stone crusher is doing its job, so no doubt the mounds will be shifted - looks a bit like a mini Ballast Hills.

Noticed the other day that the archaeological dig had been concluded and the revealed kilns, roadway etc filled in.

[AngerOfTheNorth]

Originally Posted by Steve Ellwood

This piece from yesterdays (12th June 2013) Evening Chronicle - copyright NCJMedia Ltd.


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Hang on, aren't there flats directly across the road from the Seven Stories? Surely those were built less than 50 years ago..?

[Steve Ellwood]

Originally Posted by AngerOfTheNorth

Hang on, aren't there flats directly across the road from the Seven Stories? Surely those were built less than 50 years ago..?

Do you mean the Steenberg Building - former Co-op Boot Factory, office underneath and housing above, red bricked building? - if so that was a 'conversion' rather than a 'build'


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