About Newcastle Great Park
Newcastle Great Park (NGP) is located three miles north west of 
Newcastle City Centre, close to the A1 road. It is a major development with land allocated for
- Business Park
- Housing
- Local Centre
- Primary School
- Community Facilities
- Open Space
- Play Areas and Outdoor Sport
The scheme is being delivered by the Great Park Consortium, which includes the house builders Persimmon Homes, Taylor Wimpey and Charles Church.
The early phases of the housing 
development, known as Warkworth Woods and Melbury are almost complete totaling 675 new homes, of which 534 are currently occupied The next phase Greenside, to the north of Kingston Park has also started. The largest phase of housing development is now being planned to the west of the A1 road, along with the local centre. Around 2500 homes are proposed to be built in total.
The Greenside site next to Kingston Park Road.
The Sage has opened in the business park and additional jobs will be created in later phases of the NGP business park.
For more information on the Great Park go to www.newcastlegreatpark.com. We also have more information in the related pages section on the right handside of the screen.
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Newcastle Great Park Co-ordinator
Sue Wannop is the Newcastle Great Park Co-ordinator. Her job is to make sure that as the population grows, people living on the Great Park are able to get involved in its future planning.
You can contact Sue by
How can you get involved
Events
Newcastle Great Park Update Event - Tuesday 3rd June 2008
St Aidan's Church, Brunton Park. Drop in from 3.30 pm until 7.30pm to update you on Newcastle Great Park's future plans.
A range of officers will be there from Newcastle City Council, the Consortium and partner organisations. They include:
The Consortium will be there with their ideas for the town centre and to answer questions about the Newcastle Great Park
Planners to talk about current planning proposals
School Planning Team to talk about the new school and tell you how to apply for places
Transport and Travel Officers
Highways Adoptions Officer
Leisure Services to talk about proposals for community facilities on the Great Park
Newcastle City Council Environment Team
Police
The Environment Agency
Plus there will be a range of information about other Newcastle City Council Services. You will be able to talk to officers on a one to one basis. If you need support to get to the event with transport phone Sue Wannop on 0191 2116263 by Friday 30th May 2008 or you can email: great.park@newcastle.gov.uk
Community Fund
There is a Newcastle Great Park Community fund given to Newcastle City Council by the developers. The fund is to provide community activities and facilities for the residents of the Great Park. This can be used to increase the size of existing provision in the surrounding area or create new opportunities. We'd like to know your ideas on how to use this money please complete the Online Community Fund Questionnaire.
Community Panels
The Newcastle Great Park Advisory Committee would like to develop community panels. There will be three panels working on different themes. They include:
Open Spaces i.e. ecology, landscaping, water courses
Transport, accessibility and the town centre
Community facilities i.e. community buildings, play areas and the first school
The community panels will help shape the Newcastle Great Park as it develops to meet the community's needs. It may be that panel meetings are not the only way of getting involved. We are also looking developing a virtual panel that would allow you to be involved via the internet or by post. If you would like to get involved contact Sue or why not chat to her at the Update Event.
Useful Information
Planning Applications
Current planning applications for the Newcastle Great Park can be assessed via the Planning Portal, we hope in future to be able to give you a direct link to current applications. Please see the link in the related pages section.
Getting Around
Good news, Nexus have told us you can now find bus information at bus stops on the Newcastle Great Park.
The bus timetables below serve the Newcastle Great Park.
332 Timetable
M46 Timetable
You can also personalise your journey plan on the Transport Direct Website.
Useful Contacts
Go to www.northumbria.police.uk where you can enter your postcode and find out local information relevant to the Newcastle Great Park.
Helen Balmbra
Schools Planning Team
Phone: 0191 211 5340
Email: helen.balmbra@newcastle.gov.uk
Les White
Highways Adoptions
Phone: 0191 2778967
Email: les.white@newcastle.gov.uk
Julie Langfield
Planning Officer
Phone 0191 2115652
Email: julie.langfield@newcastle.gov.uk
Sally Herbert
Travel Plan Officer
Phone 0191 2116032
Email: sally.herbert@newcastle.gov.uk
Zoe Makepeace
Project Support Officer
Community Facilities
Phone 0191 2782847
Email: zoe.makepeace@newcastle.gov.uk
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