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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
8,200Searchable applications
394Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 5,959 approved or refused records
408Refused applications

5,551 approved · 408 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

  1. DecidedDC/20/00856/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    Chentwood 137 Windy Nook Road Gateshead NE10 9RJ

    Received 16 Sept 2020
  2. DecidedDC/20/00857/HHA

    Two storey side and single storey rear extensions

    6 Callaley Avenue Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5YR

    Received 21 Sept 2020
  3. DecidedDC/20/00858/HHA

    Proposed two storey rear extension

    Pawston Cottage Pawston Road High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2ES

    Received 23 Sept 2020
  4. DecidedDC/20/00859/HHA

    Proposed two storey side extension with front canopy and replacement porch

    4 Cornforth Close Felling Gateshead NE10 8SN

    Received 17 Sept 2020
  5. DecidedDC/18/00574/S74B

    Request to extend construction working hours previously approved under condition 23 of planning approval DC/18/00574/FUL for phase 3 plot B of the Follingsby Max development to 7am - 9pm Mondays to Fridays, 8am - 2pm Saturdays with no construction on Sundays, Bank or Public Holidays

    Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane

    Received 22 Sept 2020
  6. UnknownDC/20/00861/GPDE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.52m, with a maximum height of 3.5m, and eaves height of 3m.

    17 Follingsby Drive Felling Gateshead NE10 8YH

    Received 18 Sept 2020
  7. DecidedDC/20/00862/COU

    Change of use from the sale, hire, repair and service of electric powered tools and portable plant and equipment (sui generis) to retail (Class E use) including new shopfront, roller shutters and 3m x 31.4m wide canopy across the front elevation (retrospective).

    Lord Hire Centres Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3LG

    Received 24 Sept 2020
  8. DecidedDC/20/00863/ADV

    Display of two non-illuminated fascia signboards and two sets of vinyl window graphics on shopfront windows

    Lord Hire Centres Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3LG

    Received 24 Sept 2020
  9. Unknown18/00859/DOC1

    Discharge of planning conditions 4 (Tree Protection), 6 (Construction Management Plan), 8 (Ecological Method Statement) and 10 (Badger Stategy) of planning approval DC/18/00859/FUL for 185 houses.

    Land East Of Collingdon Road High Spen

    Received 24 Sept 2020
  10. DecidedDC/20/00866/HHA

    Installation of bifold doors in east elevation

    16 Cromwell Ford Way Blaydon On Tyne NE21 4FH

    Received 16 Sept 2020
  11. DecidedDC/20/00867/FUL

    Proposed alteration to shopfront to include installation of automatic opening shop door, demolition of part of existing rear offshoot extension, construction of single storey rear extension incorporating roller shutter door and rebuilding of wall to back lane, replacement of door at first floor level on rear elevation with window (additional plan received 10.11.2020).

    FULLIS PAPERWARE 219 Coatsworth Road Gateshead NE8 1SR

    Received 25 Sept 2020
  12. Decided19/00705/DOC3

    Discharge of condition 24 (Highway works S78) of planning approval DC/19/00705/FUL

    Former Bling Bling Car Wash Durham Road Birtley Chester Le Street

    Received 25 Sept 2020
  13. DecidedDC/20/00869/COU

    Change of use from motor car show room to food retail (Use Class E), elevational alterations including new shopfront and retention of existing car parking area.

    106 Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4YG

    Received 25 Sept 2020
  14. Decided20/00137/DOC3

    Discharge of condition 2(Phase 2 Risk Assessment) of planning approval DC/20/00137/FUL

    Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA

    Received 25 Sept 2020
  15. DecidedDC/20/00871/TPO

    Tree works to rear of Woodsman Way

    7 Woodmans Way Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5TR

    Received 22 Sept 2020
  16. DecidedDC/20/00872/TPO

    Works to trees in rear garden protected by TPO 4

    22 Berkley Avenue Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5NN

    Received 25 Sept 2020
  17. DecidedDC/20/00873/HHA

    Single storey front and rear extension (as amended 18.02.21)

    21 Ponthaugh Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1AF

    Received 28 Sept 2020
  18. DecidedDC/20/00874/HHA

    Two storey side extension, single storey rear extension & loft conversion.

    17 Pear Tree Terrace Chopwell Chopwell District NE17 7ET

    Received 28 Sept 2020
  19. DecidedDC/20/00875/HHA

    Front single storey porch, two side storey extension. (Amended description)

    65 Oakfield Road Whickham Whickham NE16 5JD

    Received 28 Sept 2020
  20. UnknownTREE/20/065

    Tree works at Denton Dipwood Road Rowlands Gill

    Denton Dipwood Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DB

    Received 23 Sept 2020
  21. DecidedDC/20/00876/FUL

    Redevelopment of the vacant former Whitley Court site involving demolition of existing garages followed by erection 44 dwellings including family homes, assisted living bungalows and apartments with communal spaces (12x 2 Bed Houses, 16 x 3 Bed Houses, 4 x 2 Bed Bungalows and 12 x 1 Bed Apartments) with additional unallocated parking area at Westwood Gardens between the existing properties (additional information received and amended 19/10/20, 21/10/20, 16/11/20, 20/11/20 23/11/20, 27/11/20 and 03/12/20) (Description amended 24/11/20)

    Former Whitley Court Gateshead

    Received 28 Sept 2020
  22. DecidedDC/20/00877/CPL

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Proposed single storey rear extension

    67 Sherburn Way Wardley Felling NE10 8SZ

    Received 29 Sept 2020
  23. DecidedDC/20/00878/HHA

    Proposed first floor extension over existing side extension

    Byways 4 Shibdon Way Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NX

    Received 29 Sept 2020
  24. DecidedDC/20/00880/HHA

    Proposed dormer extension to front and rear roof slopes.

    Byethorpe Lucy Street Blaydon NE21 5PU

    Received 29 Sept 2020

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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.

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