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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.
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The Medical Centre 1 Rawling Road Gateshead NE8 4QS
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Council sourceProposed change of use of vacant land adjacent to existing medical centre to facilitate a single storey extension to medical centre to provide 8 no. additional clinical rooms, an extended car park with 24 no. additional car parking spaces, a new car park access and a community garden facility (drainage statement received 16.05.2025, amended ecology information received 04.06.2025, CMRA and amended site plan received 16.06.2025, parking assessment received 02.07.2025, parking technical note received 07.08.2025, updated CMRA received 07.01.2026, additional docs received 11.02.2026).
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Officer Recommendation ReportOfficers Report | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Approval Certificate FULApproval Certificate FUL | 13 Apr 2026 | View |
| Supporting Document - Treatment extent sketchSupporting documents | 17 Feb 2026 | View |
| Supporting Document - Re grouting letterSupporting documents | 17 Feb 2026 | View |
| Supporting Document - DUN_C30956_Rawling Road, Bensham_ MRA_01Amended Documents | 9 Jan 2026 | View |
| Supporting Document - 161457-001-02 Transport Technical Note - ParkingSupporting documents | 7 Aug 2025 | View |
| Supporting Document - Parking AssessmentSupporting documents | 3 Jul 2025 | View |
| Additional Information - Coal Mining Risk AssessmentSuperseded Plans | 19 Jun 2025 | View |
| Plans - Proposed Site Layout 2321.6DAmended Site Layout | 18 Jun 2025 | View |
| BNG Metric R02Supporting documents | 6 Jun 2025 | View |
| BNG Report- 7748 BNG R02Supporting documents | 6 Jun 2025 | View |
| Ecological Impact Assessment- 7748 EcIA R03Supporting documents | 6 Jun 2025 | View |
| Supporting Document - Drainage StatementSupporting documents | 28 May 2025 | View |
| Supporting Document - Ground Investigation DocSupporting documents | 14 Jan 2025 | View |
| Plans - Existing - Site Location, Site Layout (2321.0C)Plans | 14 Jan 2025 | View |
| Supporting Document - Travel PlanSupporting documents | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Supporting Document - Transport StatementSupporting documents | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Supporting Document - Rawling Road BNG stat R01Superseded Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Supporting Document - Ecological Impact AssessmentSuperseded Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Supporting Document - BNG AssessmentSuperseded Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Plans - Proposed - Site Layout (2321.6B)Superseded Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Plans - Proposed - Elevations, Floor Plans (2321.5B)Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Plans - Proposed - Elevations, Floor Plans (2321.5A)Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Plans - Existing - Elevations, Floor Plans (2321.1A)Plans | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
| Application Form - RedactedApplication Form | 29 Nov 2024 | View |
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Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.