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.
4,841 approved · 360 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
28 Buttermere Felling Gateshead NE10 0XE
Received 13 Aug 201940 Whitehall Road Gateshead NE8 4ES
Received 14 Aug 201936 The Pavilion Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BZ
Received 14 Aug 201928 Chaucer Close Gateshead NE8 3NG
Received 14 Aug 2019332-354 High Street Gateshead NE8 1EN
Received 15 Aug 2019Dene House Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AE
Received 15 Aug 2019Whickham Park House Whickham Park Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EH
Received 14 Aug 2019Whickham Park House Whickham Park Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EH
Received 16 Aug 2019Garage Block On West Side Alderwyk Gateshead
Received 16 Aug 2019Ravensdean Lodge 55 Consett Road Gateshead NE11 0AN
Received 15 Aug 201992 Dryden Road Gateshead NE9 5TX
Received 15 Aug 2019Engleberg Wingrove Rowlands Gill NE39 1DT
Received 13 Aug 201912 Claremont Place Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TL
Received 18 Aug 2019433 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AN
Received 19 Aug 2019Greyholme Wynbury Road Gateshead NE9 6TS
Received 19 Aug 2019Former Groundworks NE And Cumbria Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9RQ
Received 19 Aug 20199 Dunstanburgh Court Wardley Felling NE10 8DW
Received 20 Aug 2019Advertisement Hoarding Titan Advert 5107 At Junction Of Cross Lane And Scotswood View Metro Centre
Received 20 Aug 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 20 Aug 2019Unit 1 Team Valley Retail Park Tenth Avenue West Gateshead NE11 0BD
Received 20 Aug 201916 Wellfield Court Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4HA
Received 21 Aug 20196 Saltwell View Gateshead NE8 4JS
Received 16 Aug 2019Meridian House Kingsway North Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0JH
Received 21 Aug 2019Villa Capri 12 Burn Road Blaydon Burn Blaydon NE21 6EA
Received 23 Aug 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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