Map
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Details
It is brownfield in nature accommodating Morpeth Riverside Leisure Centre. The leisure centre comprises a two storey brick-clad building that is surmounted by a mix of flat and aluminium-covered mansard roofs. The main entrance of the building fronts onto New Market to the east with a public car park opposite.
Planning
Application details:
The site is identified within the Morpeth Neighbourhood Plan (adopted May 2016) as a key ‘’Development Opportunity Site” within the identified “Morpeth Town Centre”. Policy EMP1 of the neighbourhood plan sets out criteria in which development will be supported within Morpeth Town Centre. This policy states that, for Opportunity Sites, their reuse or redevelopment would be supported for sports, leisure, hotel, cultural or community uses appropriate to its location. Support for residential development will be supported as part of mixed use schemes where it is demonstrated that “the reuse or redevelopment of the building or site for a retail, leisure or business use would not be viable.”