Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,812 approved · 354 refused · 294 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Jun 2019 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Bradley Hall Farm Bradley Hall Farm Crawcrook Ryton NE41 8JP
Received 5 Jun 2019Car Park Rear Of 168 Kells Lane (Land At Weathercock Lane) Gateshead
Received 8 Jun 2019Land Opposite Grove Terrace Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne
Received 17 Jun 2019Adjacent The Bugle Meresyde Leam Lane Estate Felling NE10 8UP
Received 17 Jun 2019413 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AN
Received 26 Jun 2019Lord Hire Centres Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3LG
Received 29 Jun 2019Lord Hire Centres Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3LG
Received 29 Jun 2019168 Kells Lane Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5HY
Received 9 Jul 201910 Cramond Court Chowdene Gateshead NE9 6JY
Received 9 Jul 201935 Heathfield Place Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5AS
Received 15 Jul 201911A Millfield Road Whickham Whickham NE16 4QA
Received 15 Jul 201931 Glenluce Portobello Birtley DH3 2HZ
Received 16 Jul 2019St Patricks Church Lintzford Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2AA
Received 22 Jul 2019Land NE Of Bowes Close Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LD
Received 25 Jul 201986 Celandine Way Gateshead NE10 8QW
Received 24 Jul 201942 Linton Road Gateshead NE9 6XL
Received 26 Jul 201921 Mill Road Gateshead
Received 26 Jul 2019Greenside Cricket Ground Woodside Lane Ryton NE40 4AA
Received 29 Jul 2019Land North Of Mount Lane Springwell NE9 7UQ
Received 29 Jul 2019Brompton Stargate Lane Stargate Ryton NE40 3DU
Received 1 Aug 201915-18 Strothers Road Rowlands Gill NE39 2HR
Received 31 Jul 20198 Arundel Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5YE
Received 3 Aug 201937 Gladstone Terrace West Gateshead
Received 30 Jul 2019Former Wardley Colliery Wardley Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 8AA
Received 31 Jul 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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