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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
7,533Searchable applications
391Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,421 approved or refused records
378Refused applications

5,043 approved · 378 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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More application records

  1. DecidedDC/19/00992/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension (amended description) (amended plan 03.02.2020)

    69 Whickham Bank Whickham NE16 3JL

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  2. DecidedDC/19/00993/HHA

    Proposed installation of sonar panels to the rear roof

    3 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ED

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  3. DecidedDC/19/00995/HHA

    Demolition of existing two storey side extension and construction of two storey side extension with attached garage - revised application

    1 Edington Cottages Clara Vale Ryton NE40 3SW

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  4. Decided18/01038/DOC3

    Discharge of conditions 6 (Cleaning System) and 33 (Methodology for rebuilding) of listed building consent DC/18/01038LBC

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  5. DecidedDC/19/00997/FUL

    Variation of conditions 8 (approved plans) and 10 (noise) of application DC/18/01009/FUL (amended and additional details received 15.11.2019 and 18/11/19).

    Land On North Side Of Lead Road (Penny Hill)

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  6. DecidedDC/19/00998/HHA

    Construction of replacement conservatory to west side elevation with tiled roof (amended plans and description 06.12.2019)

    Ponteland Cottage Pipe Bridge Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1PQ

    Received 24 Sept 2019
  7. DecidedDC/19/00999/COU

    Change of use from General Industrial (B2 use) to cross training gym (D2 Assembly and Leisure use)

    N270a Queensway Gateshead NE11 0SD

    Received 18 Sept 2019
  8. DecidedDC/19/01000/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension at ground floor and basement level with raised patio area (plans amended 22.11.2019).

    25 Primrose Hill Gateshead NE9 5XP

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  9. DecidedDC/19/01001/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    18 Southfield Green Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4RL

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  10. DecidedDC/19/01002/HHA

    Proposed single storey extension to rear, conversion of covered car port to habitable room and new front porch

    27 Glanville Close Festival Park Gateshead NE11 9TY

    Received 25 Sept 2019
  11. DecidedDC/19/01003/HHA

    Single storey rear extension

    28 Windermere Street Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TU

    Received 25 Sept 2019
  12. DecidedDC/19/01004/ADV

    Display of fascia and projecting sign on front elevation

    Summer Opticians 407 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AN

    Received 26 Sept 2019
  13. DecidedDC/19/01006/FUL

    Erection of two, three bedroomed, semi-detached houses (additional information received 02/12/19).

    Land Adj Fistral Smailes Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2LS

    Received 23 Sept 2019
  14. Decided18/01058/DOC6

    Discharge of condition 37 (Cafe vent extract) of planning approval DC/18/01058/FUL

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 26 Sept 2019
  15. Decided18/01059/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Cycle Parking Details) and 4 (Cycle Parking Implement) of planning approval DC/18/01059/COU

    Hexham Villa Durham Road Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1LE

    Received 26 Sept 2019
  16. DecidedDC/19/01008/NMA

    Proposed non-material amendment of DC/17/00946/FUL to allow replacement feature brick on all properties and alteration to juliette balconies.

    Sherburn Green Rowlands Gill

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  17. Decided17/00946/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Construction Methodology), 8 (Offsite footpath works), 15 (Tree Protection Measures), 24 (Remediation Scheme) and 29 (Coal Mining) of planning approval DC/17/00946/FUL.

    Former Rowlands Gill Infant And Nursery School Sherburn Green Rowlands Gill NE39 1QS

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  18. UnknownTREE/19/059

    Tree works at Lady Park Farm Cottage Lamesley

    Lady Park Farm Cottage Lady Park Lamesley Birtley NE11 0HD

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  19. DecidedDC/19/01010/HHA

    Proposed loft conversion including two Dormer windows to front and one Dormer window to rear

    42 Follingsby Drive Felling Gateshead NE10 8YH

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  20. DecidedDC/19/01011/HHA

    Proposed change from flat roof dormer window to a tiled pitched roof dormer window

    100 Beacon Lough Road Gateshead NE9 6TB

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  21. DecidedDC/19/01012/HHA

    Proposed front bay window to ground and first floor (resubmission of DC/19/00670/HHA)

    185 Whitehall Road Gateshead NE8 4PS

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  22. DecidedDC/19/01013/FUL

    Construction of external storage racks and alteration to onsite vehicle parking arrangements (description amended 03.12.2019).

    CCF Ltd Kingsway Kingsway North Gateshead NE11 0JH

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  23. Decided18/01058/DOC7

    Discharge of conditions 8 (Permeable Paving) and 41 (Boundary Treatment and sliding gate) of planning approval DC/18/01058/FUL

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 27 Sept 2019
  24. Decided18/01038/DOC4

    Discharge of conditions 23(Boundary Treatment), 25(termination Points), 29(Waterproof System) and 31( Junction with LB) of listed building consent DC/18/01038/LBC

    Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS

    Received 27 Sept 2019

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What these statistics cover

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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