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.
5,160 approved · 381 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ravensdean Lodge 55 Consett Road Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0AN
Received 11 Nov 201917 Oakfield Road Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0AA
Received 12 Nov 201916 Linden Way Eighton Banks Gateshead NE9 7BL
Received 12 Nov 2019Hollywood Bingo Holly Hill Felling NE10 9NQ
Received 12 Nov 2019Addison Court Wesley Grove Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4EP
Received 12 Nov 201952 Kells Lane Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5XX
Received 12 Nov 20191 Edington Cottages Clara Vale Ryton NE40 3SW
Received 12 Nov 20191 Enfield Gardens Whickham Whickham NE16 4PR
Received 13 Nov 2019Sandygate House St Cuthberts Road Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5EB
Received 13 Nov 2019Hillcrest West Park Road Gateshead NE8 4SP
Received 8 Nov 201936 Greenford Kibblesworth Birtley NE11 0TJ
Received 13 Nov 2019Lgv Driver Training Centre Abbotsford Road Felling Central Felling NE10 0EX
Received 14 Nov 20191-9 St Georges Church Office Inskip Terrace Shipcote Gateshead NE8 4AJ
Received 14 Nov 2019Dunvegan, J.C. And E.M. Robson Ltd Dyke Heads Lane Greenside Ryton NE40 4QQ
Received 15 Nov 2019Tyne Bridge House Bottle Bank Gateshead
Received 14 Nov 201911 Rockwood Hill Estate Greenside Ryton NE40 4BG
Received 15 Nov 201930 Burnhills Gardens Greenside Ryton NE40 4RB
Received 17 Nov 2019Gateshead Jewish Teachers Training College 50, 52 And 54 Bewick Road Gateshead NE8 4DQ
Received 15 Nov 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 18 Nov 201919 Ascot Crescent Gateshead NE8 4YB
Received 15 Nov 2019Windsor Court Rowlands Gill NE39 1BF
Received 18 Nov 2019Former Clasper Village Site Tyne Road East Gateshead
Received 15 Nov 201915 Caddy Close North Side Birtley Gateshead DH3 1GJ
Received 19 Nov 2019Former Clasper Village Site Tyne Road East Gateshead
Received 18 Nov 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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