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.
5,307 approved · 392 refused · 309 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Havelock Terrace Chopwell NE17 7QF
Received 26 Feb 202055 Oakfield Road Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5JD
Received 26 Feb 2020Land Rear Of 'The Cottage' Gateshead Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LQ
Received 26 Feb 2020Tree On Land Adj 6 Silverdale Way Whickham Whickham NE16 5SQ
Received 27 Feb 2020Bewicke Main Caravan Park Birtley Chester Le Street DH2 1XG
Received 28 Feb 2020Heworth Interchange Shields Road Felling
Received 29 Feb 20208 Westfield Lodge Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6EY
Received 29 Feb 2020Rectory Lodge Rectory Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 4PA
Received 2 Mar 202044 Oakfield Road Gateshead NE11 0AB
Received 2 Mar 20205 Kiln Rise Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5QN
Received 25 Feb 2020Bretts Wharf Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BN
Received 2 Mar 202010 Waskerley Close Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5XX
Received 28 Feb 202030 Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6DT
Received 2 Mar 202011 Thornhill Close Gateshead NE11 9SH
Received 2 Mar 2020Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 3 Mar 2020Daniel Farm Sled Lane Crawcrook Ryton NE41 8JH
Received 3 Mar 202040 Brightlea Northside Birtley DH3 1RL
Received 4 Mar 20207 Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 1AU
Received 5 Mar 20208 Clockburnsyde Close Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5UR
Received 3 Mar 202018 Cromwell Street Gateshead NE8 3RT
Received 27 Feb 2020Domnick Hunter Parker Hannifin Durham Road Birtley Birtley DH3 2SF
Received 6 Mar 202025 Cherrytree Gardens Gateshead NE9 6TY
Received 6 Mar 2020Winlaton Clinic Hanover Drive Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6AY
Received 4 Mar 2020Greyholme Wynbury Road Gateshead NE9 6TS
Received 2 Mar 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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