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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.
5,355 approved · 393 refused · 309 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Woodside Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6DT
Received 3 Apr 202016 Glendale Close Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6HD
Received 4 Apr 20206 Thornley View Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1QL
Received 5 Apr 2020Former Baja Beach Club Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BJ
Received 6 Apr 2020359 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AJ
Received 7 Apr 2020Northacres Whinney Leas Chopwell NE17 7JX
Received 8 Apr 202059 Woodside Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead NE11 9RB
Received 8 Apr 2020Hallgarth Hookergate Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2AL
Received 8 Apr 2020Greenside Nurseries Stephens Hall South Greenside Ryton NE40 4JE
Received 9 Apr 2020Greenside Nurseries Stephens Hall South Greenside Ryton NE40 4JE
Received 9 Apr 2020Travis Perkins Factory Road Blaydon NE21 5SA
Received 9 Apr 20202 Belle Vue Cottages Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6DL
Received 11 Apr 2020Mcdonalds Restaurant Cameron Retail Park Metro Centre Gateshead NE11 9XU
Received 14 Apr 2020St Helens Church Belle Vue Bank Gateshead NE9 6BR
Received 16 Apr 202014 Balmoral Way Gateshead NE10 9TR
Received 16 Apr 2020Junction Of Whinfield Way And Woodside Walk Rowlands Gill
Received 16 Apr 2020Pola Minerals 304 Ninth Avenue East Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0EJ
Received 17 Apr 202024 Laurelwood Gardens Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0DS
Received 20 Apr 20202 Bradbury Close Wardley Felling NE10 8UF
Received 20 Apr 2020Site Bounded By Mill Road, Hawks Road And South Shore Road Gateshead
Received 14 Apr 2020106A And 106B High West Street Gateshead NE8 1NA
Received 21 Apr 202029 Elmwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0BX
Received 21 Apr 2020Sandygate Cottage St Cuthberts Road Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5EB
Received 21 Apr 202033 Rectory Road Felling Gateshead NE10 9DH
Received 20 Apr 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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