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.
5,532 approved · 408 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
300 Old Durham Road Gateshead NE8 4BQ
Received 8 Sept 2020Baltic Campus Quarryfield Road Gateshead
Received 8 Sept 20209 Tamerton Drive Portobello Birtley DH3 2LX
Received 9 Sept 202016 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RD
Received 8 Sept 202038 Grayling Road Gateshead NE11 9ND
Received 9 Sept 202016 Glendale Close Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6HD
Received 9 Sept 2020Linden Forge 3 Lintzford Grange Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1HL
Received 10 Sept 202017 Earls Drive Gateshead NE9 6AA
Received 10 Sept 2020Land At High Spen Industrial Estate Front Street High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2PS
Received 10 Sept 2020M275 Seventh Avenue Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0HG
Received 10 Sept 20201 Hattam Close Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1GE
Received 8 Sept 202019 Heathfield Place Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5AS
Received 11 Sept 202039 Heathfield Place Gateshead NE9 5AS
Received 11 Sept 2020Willow House 16 Fairway Stella Ryton NE21 4LL
Received 14 Sept 2020Land At Highfield Road Rowlands Gill
Received 14 Sept 202019 Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP
Received 14 Sept 2020The Millway Centre Millway Carr Hill Gateshead NE9 5PQ
Received 14 Sept 20209 Station Road Gateshead NE9 6DR
Received 14 Sept 2020The Hall Sunderland Road Gateshead NE10 9LR
Received 14 Sept 20201A Cowen Road Blaydon NE21 5TW
Received 14 Sept 2020Back Of Harraton Terrace, Pulse Fitness Centre Durham Road Birtley Birtley DH3 2QG
Received 15 Sept 2020Barmoor House 64 Main Road Barmoor Ryton NE40 3AJ
Received 15 Sept 20203 Primrose Place Gateshead NE9 6BU
Received 16 Sept 202068 Cornmoor Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PY
Received 16 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage