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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
8,176Searchable applications
393Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,940 approved or refused records
408Refused applications

5,532 approved · 408 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

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More application records

  1. DecidedDC/20/00806/ADV

    Display of non-illuminated fascia sign

    300 Old Durham Road Gateshead NE8 4BQ

    Received 8 Sept 2020
  2. Decided18/00084/DOC5

    Discharge of conditions 18 (Travel Plan) of planning approval DC/18/00084/FUL.

    Baltic Campus Quarryfield Road Gateshead

    Received 8 Sept 2020
  3. UnknownDC/20/00807/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    9 Tamerton Drive Portobello Birtley DH3 2LX

    Received 9 Sept 2020
  4. UnknownTREE/20/056

    Tree works at 16 Church Road

    16 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RD

    Received 8 Sept 2020
  5. DecidedDC/20/00808/HHA

    Proposed detached garden room

    38 Grayling Road Gateshead NE11 9ND

    Received 9 Sept 2020
  6. DecidedDC/20/00809/HHA

    Revision of application DC/20/00298/HHA to add a single window to the side elevation at first floor level

    16 Glendale Close Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6HD

    Received 9 Sept 2020
  7. UnknownTREE/20/057

    Tree works at Linden Forge 3 Lintzford Grange Rowlands Gill

    Linden Forge 3 Lintzford Grange Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1HL

    Received 10 Sept 2020
  8. DecidedDC/20/00810/GPDE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.77m, with a maximum height of 3.6m, and eaves height of 3m

    17 Earls Drive Gateshead NE9 6AA

    Received 10 Sept 2020
  9. DecidedDC/20/00811/FUL

    Change of use of land to mixed residential and agricultural use and erection of one detached house with driveway off existing road (description amended 04.02.21, amended 13/11/20).

    Land At High Spen Industrial Estate Front Street High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2PS

    Received 10 Sept 2020
  10. DecidedDC/20/00812/FUL

    Cold store extension and alterations to existing warehouse (Amended Plans received 04.11.21).

    M275 Seventh Avenue Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0HG

    Received 10 Sept 2020
  11. DecidedDC/20/00813/HHA

    Proposed part 2 storey/part single storey rear extension

    1 Hattam Close Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1GE

    Received 8 Sept 2020
  12. UnknownTREE/20/058

    Tree works to the rear of 19 Heathfield Place

    19 Heathfield Place Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5AS

    Received 11 Sept 2020
  13. DecidedDC/20/00814/HHA

    Erection of a part two storey, part single single storey extension to the side , wiith roof terrace above and and replacement of existing conservatory to the rear.

    39 Heathfield Place Gateshead NE9 5AS

    Received 11 Sept 2020
  14. UnknownTREE/20/059

    Tree works at 16 Fairway Stella Ryton

    Willow House 16 Fairway Stella Ryton NE21 4LL

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  15. Decided19/00279/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3(Construction Management Plan), 5(Cycle Storage Provision), 7( EV Charging Points), 9(Tree Protection), 11(Bird and Bat Boxes), 13(Phase II Risk Assessment), 15 (Remediation Scheme) and 19 (Drainage) of planning approval DC/19/00279/OUT

    Land At Highfield Road Rowlands Gill

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  16. DecidedDC/20/00816/HHA

    Single storey rear extension, first floor side extension above existing garage and pitched roof above garage and canopy porch to front elevation (amended description 30.11.2020) (amended plan 27.11.2020, 20.01.2021)

    19 Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  17. DecidedDC/20/00817/TPO

    Works to trees protected by TPO 125 at the Millway Centre

    The Millway Centre Millway Carr Hill Gateshead NE9 5PQ

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  18. UnknownTREE/20/060

    Removal of Sycamore Tree, 9 Station Road, Low Fell NE9 6DR

    9 Station Road Gateshead NE9 6DR

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  19. DecidedDC/20/00818/COU

    Change of use from an Aparthotel (C1) to a Residential Care Home (C2)

    The Hall Sunderland Road Gateshead NE10 9LR

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  20. DecidedDC/20/00819/COU

    Change of use to First Floor from Office space to Taxi Office (Sui Generis)

    1A Cowen Road Blaydon NE21 5TW

    Received 14 Sept 2020
  21. DecidedDC/20/00821/COU

    Change of use from health and leisure club (use class D2) and hairdresser's (use class A1) to cafe style bar and indoor recreational uses (golf facility or escape rooms) on the ground floor and laser tag arena on the first floor (Use Class E) (description amended 16.11.2020)

    Back Of Harraton Terrace, Pulse Fitness Centre Durham Road Birtley Birtley DH3 2QG

    Received 15 Sept 2020
  22. UnknownTREE/20/061

    Tree works at barmoor House 64 Main Rd Barmoor

    Barmoor House 64 Main Road Barmoor Ryton NE40 3AJ

    Received 15 Sept 2020
  23. DecidedDC/20/00822/NMA

    Non Material Amendment to DC/19/00629/HHA to change window at the rear of the single storey extension to bi-fold doors.

    3 Primrose Place Gateshead NE9 6BU

    Received 16 Sept 2020
  24. DecidedDC/20/00823/HHA

    Single storey front, side and rear extension

    68 Cornmoor Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PY

    Received 16 Sept 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.

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