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.
5,566 approved · 408 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
7 Landswood Terrace Winlaton Mill Blaydon NE21 6RX
Received 5 Oct 20201 Ennerdale Gardens Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6TQ
Received 5 Oct 20201 Westwood Belle Vue Bank Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6DU
Received 5 Oct 2020Emmanuel College Consett Road Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0AN
Received 5 Oct 2020Axwell Hall Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 6RN
Received 6 Oct 2020119 And 127 Chevington Leam Lane Estate Felling NE10 8SB
Received 6 Oct 202064 Calder Walk Sunniside Whickham NE16 5XG
Received 7 Oct 202019 Runhead Estate Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3HS
Received 7 Oct 20205 Larkspur Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4LE
Received 6 Oct 20203 Marblet Court Gateshead NE11 9TB
Received 7 Oct 2020Land At Church Road Gateshead
Received 2 Oct 2020Land On South Side Of St Cuthberts Road Byermoor NE16 5DZ
Received 8 Oct 20202 Warwick Close Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5JP
Received 5 Oct 20201 Delhi Crescent Ryton-Woodside Ryton NE40 4QT
Received 8 Oct 202015 Calderwood Crescent Lyndhurst Gateshead NE9 6PH
Received 9 Oct 2020Sunshine Turkish 1 Waldridge Gardens Gateshead NE9 7LE
Received 9 Oct 2020Sunshine Turkish 1 Waldridge Gardens Gateshead NE9 7LE
Received 9 Oct 2020Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane
Received 9 Oct 2020Land On North Side Of Lead Road (Penny Hill)
Received 9 Oct 20202 Cowan Close Stella Ryton NE21 4LQ
Received 10 Oct 2020113 Bittern Close Dunston Gateshead NE11 9FF
Received 10 Oct 202018 Larne Crescent Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 5RQ
Received 10 Oct 2020Axwell Hall Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 6RN
Received 12 Oct 202016 Whickham Bank Whickham NE16 4AJ
Received 12 Oct 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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