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.
5,376 approved · 395 refused · 309 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mount Pleasant The Grove Rowlands Gill NE39 1PN
Received 4 May 2020Hunters Cottage New South Terrace Birtley Birtley DH3 1AF
Received 4 May 202022 Lanthwaite Road Gateshead NE9 6TL
Received 5 May 2020Felstead 17 North Side Birtley DH3 1RD
Received 6 May 2020357 Rawling Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 4UH
Received 6 May 2020Land Adjacent 44 Fell Bank Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1RG
Received 4 May 2020490 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6HU
Received 6 May 202022 Heathfield Gardens Greenside Ryton NE40 4AD
Received 7 May 2020Dunston Football Club, UTS Stadium Wellington Road Dunston Gateshead NE11 9JL
Received 4 May 2020Land North Of Charlton Walk Gateshead
Received 1 May 202024 Burnaby Drive Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3BN
Received 11 May 2020R175, Kavli Ltd Kingsway South Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0ST
Received 11 May 2020Land North Of Gullane Close Bill Quay Gateshead
Received 12 May 2020113 Oakfield Road Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5QU
Received 12 May 20209 Elmwood Gardens Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0BX
Received 12 May 202021 Essex Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5BB
Received 12 May 202017 Ponthaugh Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1AB
Received 13 May 20202 Hedley Hall Cottages Hedley Hall Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5FA
Received 13 May 2020Sainsbury's Eleventh Avenue Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0JY
Received 13 May 20201 Sycamore Crescent North Side Birtley DH3 1FA
Received 13 May 202015 Hollinside Close Whickham Whickham NE16 5QY
Received 13 May 20207A North Side North Side Birtley DH3 1RD
Received 13 May 202015 Holme Avenue Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4LZ
Received 11 May 202074 Seaham Gardens Gateshead NE9 7EL
Received 13 May 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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