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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
7,221Searchable applications
387Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,182 approved or refused records
358Refused applications

4,824 approved · 358 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

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  1. DecidedDC/19/00814/HHA

    Proposed single storey extension and access ramp to front elevation.

    15 Newcastle Bank Northside Birtley DH3 1PT

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  2. DecidedDC/19/00815/COU

    Change of use from vehicle repairs to gym (use class D2 leisure) to provide personal fitness training.

    Unit 19 Dunston Enterprise Centre Dunston Industrial Estate Gateshead NE11 9EL

    Received 5 Aug 2019
  3. Decided18/01058/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 14 (Coal Mining Ph II) 25 ( External Plant) 40 (Archaeological Report for Archives) for planning permission DC/18/01058/FUL

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  4. Decided18/01038/DOC1

    Discharge of condition 21(Details of Cables CCTV) of planning permission DC/18/01038/LBC

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  5. DecidedDC/19/00818/HHA

    Proposed single storey extension to rear of property to allow for a new kitchen and Sukkah roof.

    19 Claremont Place Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TL

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  6. DecidedDC/19/00819/GPDT

    Change of use from craft shop (A1) to tea room (A3 use)

    The Craft House 46 Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5DW

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  7. Decided18/00723/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3(Biodiversity Method Statement), 5(lighting scheme) and 7(scheme for hedge) of planning approval DC/18/00723/FUL

    Pawston Birks Farm Pawston Road High Spen

    Received 5 Aug 2019
  8. Decided18/00724/DOC1

    Discharge of condition 2d (Internal rearrangements relating to the existing and proposed utility area) of Listed Building Consent DC/18/00724/LBC

    Pawston Birks Farm Pawston Road High Spen

    Received 5 Aug 2019
  9. DecidedDC/19/00821/FUL

    Demolition of existing school buildings followed by full redevelopment of the site to provide 35 dwellings, with associated parking and vehicle access onto Dunston Bank (amended plans received 21.04.2021, 06.05.2022, 08.06.2022, 28.07.2022 and 16.08.2022 and description amended to reflect increase in proposed amount of redevelopment and dwellings 12.05.2021 and 10.05.2022) (additional information received 04.08.21, 13.05.2022, 28.07.2022, 05.08.2022 and 09.08.2022).

    Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  10. DecidedDC/19/00822/HHA

    Proposed two storey side extension

    14 Clockburnsyde Close Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5UR

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  11. DecidedDC/19/00823/TPO

    Tree works at 4 Bates Houses Blaydion

    4 Bates Houses Blaydon NE21 5TG

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  12. Decided17/01084/DOC3

    Discharge of condition 7 (Contaminated Land) of planning approval DC/17/01084/FUL

    Rear Of 33 - 43 Derwent View Winlaton

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  13. DecidedDC/19/00824/FUL

    Two storey extension to form additional office space for a builder's merchant's head office and relocation of existing portacabin to land further west (description amended 23.10.2019).

    James Burrell Ltd Deptford Road East Gateshead Gateshead NE8 2BR

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  14. DecidedDC/19/00825/HHA

    Proposed single storey side extension with raised decking area, single storey rear extension, and the removal and reconstruction of the existing roof to create new living accommodation at first-floor level (description amended 30.10.19)

    Brackenrigg High Horse Close Wood Lockhaugh Rowlands Gill NE39 1BQ

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  15. Decided18/00841/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3(Phase 2 Risk Assessment), 5 ( Verification) and 7 (CMP) of planing approval DC/18/00841/COU

    Quarrymans Arms Tanfield Place Gateshead NE9 7XP

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  16. Decided19/00224/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3(Archaeological survey), 6 (Coal Legacy Ph II), 7 (Coal Legacy Remediation Measures), 9 (Implement Remediation Measures), 12 (Drainage Assessment), 14 (SUDS Construction Method Statement), 19 (Construction management plan), 21 Tree Protection Measures), 23 (NWL foul and surface water disposal), 25 (Ecological Method Statement) and 44 (Cut and Fill) of planning approval DC/19/00224/FUL.

    Vacant Site At The Location Of The Former Shipcote Centre Shipcote Lane Gateshead

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  17. Decided15/00799/DOC5

    Discharge of condition 15 (Cycle parking details) and 24 ( Ecology management plan) of planning approval DC/15/00799/FUL

    Land At Beda Hills Hookergate Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2AB

    Received 7 Aug 2019
  18. Decided18/01028/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 6 (cycle storage), 8 (coal SI) and 10 (Si, Phase II) of planning application DC/18/01028/FUL.

    Land Adjacent To 48 Collingdon Road Rowlands Gill NE39 2EQ

    Received 8 Aug 2019
  19. Decided18/01058/DOC2

    Discharge of conditions 12 (Remediation Strategy) of planning application DC/18/01058/FUL.

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 8 Aug 2019
  20. DecidedDC/19/00828/FUL

    Installation of new shopfront

    T G Laskey Racing Ltd 1 Brookfield Terrace Bill Quay Gateshead NE10 0QU

    Received 8 Aug 2019
  21. DecidedDC/19/00829/ADV

    Display of 3 internally illuminated fascia signs reading "GREGGS", 1 internally illuminated projecting sign reading "GREGGS" and 3 internal non illuminated posters.

    T G Laskey Racing Ltd 1 Brookfield Terrace Bill Quay Gateshead NE10 0QU

    Received 8 Aug 2019
  22. DecidedDC/19/00830/HHA

    Proposed driveway to the front of the property including a dropped curb and re-surfacing the existing grass verge to allow vehicle access. Partial removal of front boundary wall to allow vehicle access to driveway (plan amended 17.10.2019).

    12 Long Bank Eighton Banks Gateshead NE9 7HE

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  23. DecidedDC/19/00831/FUL

    Erection of three x three-storey townhouses with associated parking court and carports (renewal of unimplemented permission ref DC/14/01348/COU).

    Strothers Road High Spen Industrial Estate Rowlands Gill

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  24. DecidedDC/19/00833/COU

    Change of use of former electrical works to fitness studio (use class D2 leisure) to provide instructor-led fitness classes (amended description 29.08.2019 and amended plan 15.10.2019, 21.10.2019, 22.10.2019, 04.11.2019 and 20.11.2019)

    Blaydon Bank Works Blaydon Bank Blaydon NE21 4AU

    Received 12 Aug 2019

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