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.
5,043 approved · 378 refused · 303 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Whickham Bank Whickham NE16 3JL
Received 24 Sept 20193 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ED
Received 24 Sept 20191 Edington Cottages Clara Vale Ryton NE40 3SW
Received 24 Sept 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 24 Sept 2019Land On North Side Of Lead Road (Penny Hill)
Received 24 Sept 2019Ponteland Cottage Pipe Bridge Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1PQ
Received 24 Sept 2019N270a Queensway Gateshead NE11 0SD
Received 18 Sept 201925 Primrose Hill Gateshead NE9 5XP
Received 23 Sept 201918 Southfield Green Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4RL
Received 23 Sept 201927 Glanville Close Festival Park Gateshead NE11 9TY
Received 25 Sept 201928 Windermere Street Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TU
Received 25 Sept 2019Summer Opticians 407 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AN
Received 26 Sept 2019Land Adj Fistral Smailes Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2LS
Received 23 Sept 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 26 Sept 2019Hexham Villa Durham Road Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1LE
Received 26 Sept 2019Sherburn Green Rowlands Gill
Received 27 Sept 2019Former Rowlands Gill Infant And Nursery School Sherburn Green Rowlands Gill NE39 1QS
Received 27 Sept 2019Lady Park Farm Cottage Lady Park Lamesley Birtley NE11 0HD
Received 27 Sept 201942 Follingsby Drive Felling Gateshead NE10 8YH
Received 27 Sept 2019100 Beacon Lough Road Gateshead NE9 6TB
Received 27 Sept 2019185 Whitehall Road Gateshead NE8 4PS
Received 27 Sept 2019CCF Ltd Kingsway Kingsway North Gateshead NE11 0JH
Received 27 Sept 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 27 Sept 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 27 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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