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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
7,233Searchable applications
387Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,191 approved or refused records
359Refused applications

4,832 approved · 359 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.

Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

More application records

  1. DecidedDC/19/00834/FUL

    Proposed junior play ground and skate park

    Cranberry Plantation, Bobby Shaftoe Caravan Park Hammer Square Bank Kibblesworth Birtley DH9 0RY

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  2. DecidedDC/19/00835/NMA

    Proposed Non Material Amendment to planning application DC/17/00960/HHA to amend window style and increase eaves height of two storey side extension

    12 Seaburn Gardens Gateshead NE9 7AU

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  3. DecidedDC/19/00837/HHA

    Erection of a single storey extension to the rear.

    3 Hill Top Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1BP

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  4. DecidedDC/19/00838/HHA

    Erection of a two storey side extension, single storey extension to front and rear (Amended Plans received 10.08.2020).

    44 Beechwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0BY

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  5. DecidedDC/19/00839/TDPA

    Installation of 1no 15m high lattice tower supporting 2 no antennas, 1 no cabinet to be installed at ground level, all within a secure compound, and ancillary development thereto

    Northern Gas Compound Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  6. DecidedDC/19/00840/TPO

    Tree works at 19 Axwell Park Road

    Danetree 19 Axwell Park Road Blaydon On Tyne NE21 5PB

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  7. DecidedDC/19/00841/FUL

    Erection of a 2.4m high mesh fence.

    The Sound Room Redheugh Studios Cuthbert Street Gateshead NE8 1AF

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  8. DecidedDC/19/00842/GPDE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the orginal house by 4.5m , with a maximim height of 4m, and eaves height of 3m

    Aytondale High Heworth Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 0PB

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  9. DecidedDC/19/00843/HHA

    Proposed 2 storey side extension

    Danescroft Market Lane Gateshead NE16 3EQ

    Received 6 Aug 2019
  10. DecidedDC/19/00844/CPL

    CERTIFICATE OF PROPOSED LAWFUL USE: Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to care home for up to three children aged between five and seventeen years old, with care being provided by no more than two support staff at any one time (with shift changes at 07.00) and a Registered Home Manager on site Monday to Friday between 09.00 and 17.00 (Use Class C2) (additional information received 12.09.2019 and description amended 16.09.2019)

    272 Saltwell Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 4TP

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  11. DecidedDC/19/00845/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    80 Holly Avenue Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6SL

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  12. UnknownTREE/19/051

    Tree works at Holly Cottage Banesley Lane Gateshead

    Holly Cottage Banesley Lane Gateshead NE11 0HS

    Received 5 Aug 2019
  13. DecidedDC/19/00846/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    49 Sunniside Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NF

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  14. DecidedDC/19/00847/HHA

    Demolition of existing rear conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension

    61 Dominies Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1PB

    Received 12 Aug 2019
  15. DecidedDC/19/00848/COU

    Change of use from Workshop (B2 use) to leisure/indoor golf centre (D2 use)

    T251d Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ

    Received 8 Aug 2019
  16. UnknownTREE/19/052

    Tree works at 4a Shibdon Way Axwell Park Blaydon

    4A Shibdon Way Blaydon Blaydon On Tyne NE21 5NX

    Received 13 Aug 2019
  17. DecidedDC/19/00849/COU

    Change of use from Bakery (B1 use) to mixed use as bakery with retail counter (B1 and A1 use)

    R320l Mayoral Way Gateshead NE11 0RT

    Received 9 Aug 2019
  18. Decided19/00311/DOC1

    Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission DC/19/00311/HHA

    175 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HS

    Received 13 Aug 2019
  19. DecidedDC/19/00850/FUL

    Change of use from use class B1 (office) to use class D1 to provide a multipurpose community space. Addition of a three storey infill extension to rear, alterations to elevations, replacement of windows and external doors and installation of access ramp to front elevation.

    5-6 Boxlaw Gateshead

    Received 13 Aug 2019
  20. Decided11/00419/DOC8

    Discharge of conditions 17 (Revised framework travel plan) and 18 ( Individual occupier travel plans) of planning approval DC/11/00419/OUT (amended travel plan received 04.02.2021).

    Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ

    Received 14 Aug 2019
  21. Decided17/00535/DOC6

    Discharge of Conditions 17 and 18 (Travel Plan

    Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ

    Received 14 Aug 2019
  22. Decided19/00524/DOC1

    Discharge of condition 3(Final Car Park layout) of application DC/19/00524/CDPA

    HSBC Bank Maingate Kingsway North Gateshead NE11 0BE

    Received 14 Aug 2019
  23. DecidedDC/19/00854/COU

    Conversion of single dwelling into two dwellings and construction of rear dormer window (amended 01/10/19 and 25/10/19)

    Rose And Crown House Lead Road Greenside Ryton NE40 4SS

    Received 13 Aug 2019
  24. Decided19/00514/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Tree Protection), 4 (Hours of Construction), 5 ( Careful Working Method), 8 ( Bat Roost Features), 16 (Obscure Glazing), 18 (Ph II), 20 (Remediation Scheme) and 24 ( Coal Legacy Ph II) of planning application DC/19/00514/FUL.

    Durham Road Baptist Church Gladstone Terrace Bensham Gateshead NE8 4EJ

    Received 14 Aug 2019

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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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