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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.
5,540 approved · 408 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
22 Shotley Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5DP
Received 16 Sept 2020332 - 354 High Street Gateshead NE8 1LB
Received 16 Sept 202028 Meredith Gardens Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3EB
Received 16 Sept 2020The Cedars Academy Ivy Lane Gateshead NE9 6QD
Received 16 Sept 2020Ashfield House 1 Main Road Barmoor Ryton NE40 3BT
Received 17 Sept 2020Whickham School And Sports College (Academy Trust) Burnthouse Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 5AR
Received 17 Sept 202024 Tamerton Drive Portobello Birtley DH3 2LX
Received 17 Sept 20208 The Mount Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3NH
Received 17 Sept 202010 Silverdale Way Whickham Whickham NE16 5SQ
Received 17 Sept 20202 Silverdale Way Whickham Whickham NE16 5SQ
Received 17 Sept 2020O2 525 Mast Whickham ATE Front Street Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne
Received 17 Sept 2020Land At Hepburn Gardens Felling Gateshead NE10 9LQ
Received 18 Sept 2020Land At Hepburn Gardens Felling Gateshead
Received 18 Sept 2020150 Marian Drive Bill Quay Felling NE10 0TJ
Received 19 Sept 202011 Myrtle Grove Gateshead NE9 6EQ
Received 21 Sept 2020Graphic Packaging Z357 Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0LF
Received 21 Sept 202011 Huntley Crescent Winlaton Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6EU
Received 2 Sept 202082 Kepier Chare Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4UR
Received 22 Sept 20202 The Drive Vigo Birtley DH3 2HW
Received 22 Sept 202022 Berkley Avenue Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NN
Received 22 Sept 2020560-562 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6HX
Received 23 Sept 2020Former Monkridge Gardens Residents Association And Land At 21 And 23 And Land South Of 9-23 Monkridge Gardens
Received 23 Sept 202025 Mitchell Street Ryton NE40 4HD
Received 16 Sept 2020Northside (Birtley Phase 2 - Land Off Mount Pleasant Road) Birtley
Received 23 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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