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.
5,580 approved · 409 refused · 318 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Woodlands Park Drive Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5PQ
Received 20 Oct 202041 Haswell Close Felling Gateshead NE10 8UE
Received 20 Oct 2020Sandygate Cottage St Cuthberts Road Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5EB
Received 20 Oct 2020Broom House 35 Broom Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 4QS
Received 20 Oct 202011 Whickham Lodge Rise Whickham Whickham NE16 4RY
Received 21 Oct 2020Land North Of A695 Crawcrook
Received 21 Oct 202027 Deneside Avenue Gateshead NE9 6AD
Received 20 Oct 20201-5 Reay Street Felling
Received 13 Oct 202017 Burnthouse Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 5AW
Received 22 Oct 2020Cheviot View Coalburns Cottages Ryton NE40 4JL
Received 21 Oct 20202B Chesters Park Gateshead NE9 5YW
Received 22 Oct 202086 Knightside Gardens Dunston Gateshead NE11 9RN
Received 21 Oct 202018 Gleneagles Road Gateshead NE9 6JS
Received 15 Oct 202011 Woodbine Terrace Bensham Gateshead NE8 1RU
Received 22 Oct 20202 Birtley Lane Birtley DH3 1AX
Received 22 Oct 2020Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane
Received 22 Oct 202033 - 35 Western Way Ryton NE40 3LR
Received 23 Oct 20208 Cromer Court Chowdene Gateshead NE9 6YZ
Received 23 Oct 2020Follingsby Park South Follingsby Lane
Received 23 Oct 20206 Ferndown Court Ryton NE40 3HD
Received 23 Oct 2020Beldy House Haggs Lane Lamesley NE11 0HA
Received 23 Oct 20203 Orange Grove Whickham Whickham NE16 4TA
Received 25 Oct 202046 North Dene Northside Birtley DH3 1QB
Received 26 Oct 20206 Sycamore Court High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2HP
Received 26 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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