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Former Newcastle United chairman faces flats fight
FLATS FIGHT ... Freddy Shepherd, inset, is facing opposition over his plans for the former La Sagesse School in Jesmond, above.
FORMER Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd is facing a tricky home match over his plans to turn a historic school site into a series of luxury apartments and houses.
His company, Shepherd Offshore, plans to create 60 homes on the site of the former La Sagesse School in Jesmond, Newcastle.
But local residents are objecting to the multi-million pound project.
The Jesmond Residents’ Association has lodged a formal protest to the plan, claiming the project will spoil a conservation area and wipe out valuable open space.
The scheme would be one of the North East’s most expensive housing developments.
It involves turning the Grade II-listed Jesmond Towers building into 10 flats, rebuilding North Jesmond House to include five apartments, and building more homes on the west of the site.
In a three-page document submitted to Newcastle City Council, the association says it welcomes the site’s transformation in principle, but has 12 detailed objections, including the kind of building material proposed, the felling of trees and the planned access route to the site.
They also say the plans are “excessive” and would lead to that part of Jesmond being “over-developed”.
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