Northumberland & Newcastle Society

We make a difference

These are a few examples from our caseload both past and present:

Current Caseload

  • Monitoring applications for the development of wind farms in Northumberland
  • Campaigning to preserve Newcastle's Odeon (Paramount) cinema, one of the best Art Deco interiors in Europe
  • Monitoring proposals for the redevelopment of Tynemouth Station
  • Advising against superfluous road signage through our 'Cut the Clutter' campaign

Past Caseload

  • Saving Newcastle's All Saints Church, Blackfriars Monastery, Armstrong Bridge, Alderman Fenwick's House, Jesmond Cemetery's John Dobson gates, the east side of Eldon Square, and the iconic Art Deco Wills Building on the coast road
  • Heading the appeal to restore St Nicholas' Cathedral lantern in Newcastle upon Tyne
  • Fighting plans for Druridge Bay nuclear power station
  • Coordinating the case against nuclear waste disposal in the Cheviot Hills
  • Preventing the extension to Whittonstall open-cast mining in Northumberland
  • Presenting to the Public Inquiry into the MoD's plans for the Otterburn Training Area