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.
5,173 approved · 381 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Lavender Row Beacon Lough Gateshead NE9 6GA
Received 27 Nov 2019106 (a) And 106 (b) (First And Second Floors) High West Street Gateshead NE8 1NA
Received 26 Nov 2019Ashfield Lodge East Park Road Gateshead NE9 5AX
Received 27 Nov 2019Brick Services Ltd Patterson Street Blaydon NE21 5SB
Received 27 Nov 201960 Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6HA
Received 27 Nov 2019Mossheaps Recreation Ground Moss Bank Gateshead
Received 27 Nov 201926 Cornmoor Road Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PU
Received 28 Nov 2019Belgrave 21 Sunderland Road Villas Heworth Gateshead NE10 8HA
Received 28 Nov 201921 Cowell Grove Highfield Rowlands Gill NE39 2JQ
Received 29 Nov 2019South Follingsby Farm Wardley Gateshead NE10 8YA
Received 29 Nov 2019Rear Of 33 - 43 Derwent View Winlaton
Received 29 Nov 2019Former Windmill Hills Nursing Home Mulgrave Terrace Gateshead NE8 1PS
Received 29 Nov 2019Stella Hall Cottage Stella Road Ryton NE21 4LN
Received 29 Nov 201950 Silvermere Drive Ryton NE40 3HA
Received 29 Nov 2019Bradley Gardens House Sled Lane Ryton Wylam NE41 8JH
Received 3 Dec 201928 Popplewell Gardens Lyndhurst Gateshead NE9 6TU
Received 3 Dec 2019Pawston Birks Farm Pawston Road High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2ES
Received 4 Dec 201925 Cornmoor Road Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PU
Received 4 Dec 2019Yeshiva L'Zeirim The Swallow Hotel Gateshead High West Street Gateshead NE8 1PE
Received 5 Dec 2019The Bridle Path Front Street Whickham Whickham NE16 4JJ
Received 4 Dec 2019Cutthorns Farm Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6AA
Received 20 Nov 2019Land West Of Hollinhill Lane Rowlands Gill
Received 5 Dec 2019Victoria Jubilee Victoria Square Felling Central Felling NE10 9LY
Received 5 Dec 2019Land Bound By Kingsway North And Second Avenue Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0JU
Received 3 Dec 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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