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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

8,003Searchable applications

393Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 5,802 approved or refused records

400Refused applications

5,402 approved · 400 refused · 313 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 May 2018 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas22 mapped area records

Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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More application records

DecidedDC/20/00462/COU
Change of use of industrial unit with external building modifications and ancillary works to data centre (additional information received 12.08.2020)
Unit 5 Saltmeadows Trade Park Neilson Road Gateshead NE10 0EQ
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00463/ADV
Installation of digital screen within a living garden wall (additional information received 05/10/20).
Old Town Hall Quarter Nelson Street Gateshead NE8 1BH
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00464/HHA
Proposed single storey conservatory at the rear. (Retrospective)
36 Renforth Close East Gateshead Gateshead NE8 3JB
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00465/FUL
Installation of a digital screen within living garden wall structure (additional information received 05/10/20).
Old Town Hall Quarter Nelson Street Gateshead NE8 1BH
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00466/LBC
Installation of digital screen within a living garden wall (additional information received 05/10/20).
Old Town Hall Quarter Nelson Street Gateshead NE8 1BH
Received 11 Jun 2020
Decided19/00943/DOC4
Discharge of condition 24 ( Flood Resilience) of planning approval DC/19/00943/FUL
Bretts Wharf Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BN
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00468/HHA
Garage door conversion into window to front elevation
40 Grebe Close Dunston Gateshead NE11 9FE
Received 11 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00469/HHA
Proposed two storey side extension with rooms in the loft space (amended plans 28.07.2020)
8 Scholars Close Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5AZ
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00470/ADV
Display of 1 single-sided digital LED screen measuring 2 metres high by 5 metres wide along the southern boundary of the site (amended 11 August 2020).
Heworth Hall Shields Road Felling NE10 0UX
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00471/HHA
Proposed side extension and conversion of garage to habitable room
3 Deneway Rowlands Gill NE39 1BD
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00472/HHA
Proposed 2 storey side and single storey rear extension
13 Ventnor Gardens Gateshead NE9 6EA
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00473/HHA
Single storey side and rear extension
10 Rowland Burn Way Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 2PU
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00474/TPO
Works to Oak tree in garden of 9 Beechwood.
9 Beechwood High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2BL
Received 12 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00475/HHA
Proposed single storey rear extension and garage conversion
12 Ivy Lane Gateshead NE9 6QD
Received 12 Jun 2020
UnknownTREE/20/032
Tree works at Albert Memorial Park Low Fell
12 Albert Drive Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6EH
Received 13 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00476/HHA
First floor side extension and replace rear conservatory with solid extension
34 Holmside Avenue Dunston Gateshead NE11 9TJ
Received 15 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00477/HHA
Proposed single storey conservatory to rear
8 Broadoak Wardley Felling NE10 8XF
Received 14 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00478/HHA
Single storey side and rear extension (as amended 15.02.21)
60 Oakfield Road Whickham NE16 5HN
Received 15 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00479/HHA
Install 2no. rooflights (description amended 20.10.20)
The Stables Lodge South Farm Lamesley Birtley NE11 0ET
Received 15 Jun 2020
UnknownDC/20/00480/FUL
Replacement of gas heating with mine water heat pump (retrospective application).
Waverley Direct Nest Road Felling Central Felling NE10 0ES
Received 15 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00481/HHA
Single storey extension to the rear of the property
28 Berkdale Road Chowdene Gateshead NE9 6LB
Received 15 Jun 2020
Decided19/00509/DOC1
Discharge of condition 12(Materials) and 20( Boundary Details) of Listed Building Consent DC19/00509/LBC
Durham Road Baptist Church Gladstone Terrace Bensham Gateshead NE8 4EJ
Received 16 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00483/TPO
Fell dead Sycamore tree located to the rear of 35 The Pavilion.
35 The Pavilion Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BZ
Received 15 Jun 2020
DecidedDC/20/00484/NMA
NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT; to condition 11 of DC/19/00943/FUL to enable construction works to commence prior to the completion of the remediation measures to allow some of the remediation works to take place alongside the construction works
Bretts Wharf Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BN
Received 16 Jun 2020

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What these statistics cover

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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