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.
4,989 approved · 375 refused · 299 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Oct 2018 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
51 Follingsby Drive Wardley Felling NE10 8YH
Received 11 Sept 2019Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 11 Sept 2019South Follingsby Farm Follingsby Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 11 Sept 201926 Larne Crescent Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 5RQ
Received 12 Sept 2019Site Of 1 Brewery Lane Felling
Received 3 Sept 201916 Lyndhurst Crescent Gateshead NE9 6BA
Received 12 Sept 2019Intu Metrocentre The Forum Gateshead NE11 9YG
Received 12 Sept 201956 Gleneagles Road Gateshead NE9 6JS
Received 12 Sept 201913 Primrose Hill Gateshead NE9 5XP
Received 9 Sept 20198 Holburn Walk Ryton NE40 3DL
Received 13 Sept 2019317 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AH
Received 11 Sept 2019The Co-Op Parsons Drive Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3RA
Received 13 Sept 2019Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Received 13 Sept 2019The Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP
Received 13 Sept 20191 Ashfield Road Whickham Whickham NE16 4PL
Received 14 Sept 20197 Claremont Place Gateshead NE8 1TL
Received 16 Sept 201918 The Cedars Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5TH
Received 12 Sept 2019Mobile Mast Kingsway South Gateshead
Received 16 Sept 2019Bradley Hall Farm Bradley Hall Farm Crawcrook Ryton NE41 8JP
Received 16 Sept 201911 Boldon Gardens Wrekenton Gateshead NE9 7NA
Received 16 Sept 201916 Rockwood Gardens Greenside Ryton NE40 4BB
Received 16 Sept 2019Hallgarth Depot Garth Farm Road Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6DF
Received 16 Sept 2019X412 Earlsway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0LA
Received 16 Sept 2019The Cedars Academy Ivy Lane Gateshead NE9 6QD
Received 16 Sept 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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