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.
5,276 approved · 389 refused · 309 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodland 9 East Farm Court Sunniside Whickham NE16 5HD
Received 11 Feb 202071 Salcombe Gardens Gateshead NE9 6UD
Received 10 Feb 2020Lidl Uk Gmbh Shields Road Felling NE10 0QD
Received 11 Feb 2020Located Opposite Lamesley Garden Centre Haggs Lane Lamesley Gateshead NE11 0HA
Received 11 Feb 2020Newlands 30B Broom Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 4QP
Received 11 Feb 20206 The Mews Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NF
Received 12 Feb 202025 Hunt Lea Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5TU
Received 12 Feb 202012 Cloverdale Gardens Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5HT
Received 12 Feb 20201 Oakwood Avenue Lyndhurst Gateshead NE9 6PR
Received 12 Feb 202068 Keir Hardie Avenue Wardley Felling NE10 8EJ
Received 12 Feb 20203 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ED
Received 11 Feb 20209 Glynwood Gardens Gateshead NE9 5RR
Received 10 Feb 202038 Coldwell Park Drive Felling Gateshead NE10 9BY
Received 13 Feb 20209 Long Row Close Ryton NE40 4BT
Received 12 Feb 2020Land At Cross Lane Ring Road/ Scotwood View
Received 13 Feb 2020Burdon Farm Sunniside
Received 13 Feb 2020Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA
Received 14 Feb 2020Westerlea Woodside Lane Ryton NE40 3NE
Received 14 Feb 2020Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA
Received 14 Feb 2020Nelson Street Gateshead NE8 1AX
Received 14 Feb 2020Marley Hill Primary School Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne
Received 14 Feb 20201 Flexbury Gardens Felling Central Felling NE10 9JA
Received 15 Feb 202015 Broadoak Wardley Felling NE10 8XF
Received 15 Feb 202013 Queens Drive Whickham Whickham NE16 4PX
Received 15 Feb 2020Records 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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