New images show £138m neighbourhood plan

Images have been released showing what a developer thinks a new £138m neighbourhood could look following its construction.

Plans have been lodged to build 514 rental apartments and a 650-space car park on the Forth Goods Yard, between Newcastle's Redheugh and King Edward VII bridges.

The project is part of a wider scheme announced by the government last year to build thousands of homes on the larger Forth Yard site.

A planning application by blocwork and government planning firm Platform4, claimed the development would create a "high-quality landmark entrance to the city" and described described the site as a "vacant plot blighting the approach into Newcastle city centre for decades".

New design images for the former rail yard show a proposed "high line" park built on an old railway viaduct and shops and bars built inside 19 railway arches.

If approved, work could start on the development in September with possible completion by March 2032, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

It would pave the way for the creation of the proposed Scotswood Line – a high level park acting as a pedestrian and cyclist link running from Central Station to Forth Yards, Scotswood Road and Newcastle Business Park.

The first phase of the project would run from Central Station to the Redheugh Bridge and includes plans for a viewing terrace and space for pop-up events.

The developer said the designs would create an "active and connected part of the city where once it was an inaccessible and bleak landscape".

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