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.
5,084 approved · 378 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Beech Mount The Plantation Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5RL
Received 17 Oct 2019Part First Floor (Room 1) 8 Fellside Road Whickham NE16 4JX
Received 17 Oct 201940 Oakfield Road Whickham Whickham NE16 5HN
Received 17 Oct 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 17 Oct 2019Montrose Lintzford Road Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1DG
Received 18 Oct 20196 Coalway Lane Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4BX
Received 18 Oct 201916 Thornley Avenue Leam Lane Estate Felling NE10 8BX
Received 18 Oct 2019129 St Cuthberts Drive Heworth Felling NE10 9AD
Received 19 Oct 2019West Of Leven House Bute Road South High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2AP
Received 21 Oct 2019T Mobile Mast 74101 West Of Roundabout Chainbridge Road Blaydon On Tyne
Received 21 Oct 2019South West Of Roundabout Chainbridge Road Blaydon On Tyne
Received 21 Oct 2019Land At Beda Hills Hookergate Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2AB
Received 22 Oct 20199 Saltwell View Gateshead NE8 4JS
Received 22 Oct 2019Beamish Park Hotel Beamish Burn Road Newcastle Upon Tyne
Received 22 Oct 201914 Sanders Gardens Northside Birtley DH3 1NA
Received 22 Oct 2019High Point 16 West High Horse Close Lockhaugh Rowlands Gill NE39 1AL
Received 23 Oct 201998 Hanover Drive Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6BB
Received 23 Oct 201915 Claremont Place Gateshead NE8 1TL
Received 24 Sept 20191 Harcourt Park Gateshead NE9 5YA
Received 29 Jul 2019Sandiacre Low West Avenue Rowlands Gill NE39 1EA
Received 1 Oct 201930 Wynbury Road Gateshead NE9 6TS
Received 23 Oct 2019Land To West Of South View Chopwell
Received 23 Oct 2019Land Adjacent To Storey Lane Stella Blaydon
Received 21 Oct 2019Baltic Campus Quarryfield Road Gateshead
Received 24 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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