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.
5,511 approved · 407 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Tyne Bridge House Bottle Bank Gateshead
Received 20 Aug 20208 The Brambles Northside Birtley DH3 1RT
Received 21 Aug 2020York Road Fish Shop 28 York Road Birtley DH3 2BD
Received 21 Aug 2020Christ Church Vicarage Carlisle Street Gateshead NE10 0HQ
Received 22 Aug 2020Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane
Received 22 Aug 202030 Rowland Burn Way Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 2PU
Received 23 Aug 2020Land Rear Of Dodsworth Terrace Greenside Ryton NE40 4RL
Received 24 Aug 2020Unit 3 Blezard Court Dunne Road Blaydon NE21 5NH
Received 25 Aug 2020Green Energy Consultants Autotrader House 65 High Street Gateshead NE8 2AP
Received 25 Aug 202022 Harlow Green Lane Harlow Green Gateshead NE9 7TN
Received 25 Aug 20202 River View Crookhill Ryton NE40 3HL
Received 25 Aug 2020Lady Park Cottage Lady Park Lamesley Chester Le Street NE11 0HD
Received 25 Aug 202013 Lyndhurst Grove Gateshead NE9 6AU
Received 14 Aug 202035 Highridge Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1BE
Received 17 Aug 2020Land North Of Gullane Close Bill Quay Gateshead
Received 26 Aug 202014 Westover Gardens Gateshead NE9 5DN
Received 24 Aug 202014 Plantation Grove Bill Quay Gateshead NE10 0TB
Received 26 Aug 20204 Jubilee Cottages Coalburns Ryton NE40 4JJ
Received 27 Aug 2020East Lodge 15 Front Street Whickham Whickham NE16 4HF
Received 28 Aug 2020Methodist Church Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1HX
Received 28 Aug 202025 Wardley Drive Felling Gateshead NE10 8AD
Received 3 Aug 2020Methodist Church Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1HX
Received 1 Sept 2020Former Baja Beach Club Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BJ
Received 1 Sept 2020Site Of Former Odeon Cinema And Theatre High Street Gateshead
Received 1 Sept 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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