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.
5,057 approved · 378 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bradley Hall Farm Bradley Hall Farm Crawcrook Ryton NE41 8JP
Received 28 Sept 20197 Wordsworth Avenue Whickham Whickham NE16 4BS
Received 29 Sept 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 30 Sept 20199 Woodstock Road Harlow Green Gateshead NE9 7TS
Received 1 Oct 20191 Marmion Court Worsdell Drive Gateshead NE8 2EY
Received 1 Oct 2019St Cuthberts Clearance Area Land Between Askew Road Gateshead
Received 25 Sept 2019Dene House Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AE
Received 2 Oct 20191 Comma Court Gateshead NE11 9UF
Received 2 Oct 20198 Gosforth Street Felling Gateshead NE10 9LS
Received 3 Oct 201912 Southend Terrace Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6QL
Received 3 Oct 201921 Broadbank Felling Gateshead NE10 8XW
Received 24 Sept 2019Unit 2A Metro Riverside Park Delta Bank Road Whickham NE11 9DJ
Received 3 Oct 2019Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 3 Oct 2019Follingsby Park South Foillingsby Lane Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 3 Oct 201953 Bewicke View Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1RU
Received 4 Oct 2019Woodmans Arms Fellside Road Whickham NE16 5BB
Received 3 Oct 20193 Whickham Park Whickham Whickham NE16 4EH
Received 5 Oct 20191 June Avenue Winlaton Mill Blaydon NE21 6SQ
Received 7 Oct 2019Toby Carvery Units 2-3 Metroasis Gateshead NE11 9ZG
Received 7 Oct 2019166 Prince Consort Road Gateshead NE8 4DU
Received 7 Oct 201913 Weston Avenue Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5TS
Received 9 Oct 2019Brandelhowe 20 The Crescent Sunniside Whickham NE16 5DH
Received 9 Oct 201918 Cowell Grove Highfield Rowlands Gill NE39 2JQ
Received 9 Oct 2019305 High Street Gateshead NE8 1EQ
Received 8 Oct 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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