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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.
5,211 approved · 384 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oban Terrace Felling Gateshead
Received 19 Dec 201923 Fountains Close Dunston Hill Gateshead NE11 9PX
Received 19 Dec 2019The Grove 11 Belle Vue Terrace Gateshead NE9 6DJ
Received 19 Dec 2019117 King Oswald Drive Stella Blaydon NE21 4FD
Received 20 Dec 2019West Of Leven House Bute Road South Rowlands Gill NE39 2AP
Received 18 Dec 2019Metrocentre Green Car Park St Michaels Way Whickham
Received 20 Dec 2019THE NATIONAL TRUST Gibside Walled Garden Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG
Received 20 Dec 2019Cut Thorn Farm Fellside Road Fellside Gateshead NE16 4NH
Received 20 Dec 2019St Thomas More Catholic School Croftdale Road Blaydon NE21 4BQ
Received 20 Dec 2019Site Of Former Social Club Gretna Terrace Felling
Received 22 Dec 20199-11 Lingey Gardens Wardley Felling NE10 8SR
Received 22 Dec 201921 Southfield Gardens Whickham Whickham NE16 4QR
Received 23 Dec 2019Unit 1 Whinfield Way Highfield Rowlands Gill NE39 1EH
Received 23 Dec 2019Former Baja Beach Club Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BJ
Received 23 Dec 2019Ye Olde Cannon 435 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5EX
Received 23 Dec 2019Former Baja Beach Club Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BJ
Received 23 Dec 2019Birchholme The Drive Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5BL
Received 24 Dec 20199 Sunnygill Terrace Greenside Ryton NE40 4LE
Received 28 Dec 20191 Jubilee Terrace Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4HL
Received 30 Dec 20191 Jubilee Terrace Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4HL
Received 30 Dec 2019South Chowdene Nursing Home Chowdene Bank Chowdene Gateshead NE9 6JE
Received 30 Dec 201917 Leafield Close Northside Birtley DH3 1RX
Received 2 Jan 2020219A And 221A Coatsworth Road Gateshead NE8 1SR
Received 23 Dec 201918 Callaley Avenue Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5YR
Received 5 Jan 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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