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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.
5,616 approved · 414 refused · 320 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Parklands Court Felling Gateshead NE10 8YJ
Received 5 Nov 2020Lyndhurst Bowling Club 735 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6AR
Received 5 Nov 2020Callaly Westfield Lane Ryton NE40 3QE
Received 18 Sept 2020Durham Road Baptist Church Gladstone Terrace Bensham Gateshead NE8 4EJ
Received 6 Nov 20204 Denmark Street Gateshead NE8 1NQ
Received 6 Nov 2020Lyndhurst Bowling Club 735 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6AR
Received 6 Nov 202012 Langdale Road Gateshead NE9 5RN
Received 6 Nov 2020197 Kingsway Sunniside Whickham NE16 5XW
Received 9 Nov 2020Unit 3 Greens Farm Yard Consett Road Gateshead NE11 0BG
Received 9 Nov 2020Orchard House Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6DT
Received 9 Nov 2020Stable House 23A Front Street Whickham Whickham NE16 4HQ
Received 10 Nov 2020Field To The North Of North View Farm Land At Frenches Close, Bradley Fell Road & Kyo Bog Lane Prudhoe NE42 5NP
Received 10 Nov 2020South Dene House Sidmouth Road Chowdene Gateshead NE9 6US
Received 10 Nov 20208 Bexley Place Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5SA
Received 2 Nov 202036 Hollinside Close Whickham Whickham NE16 5QZ
Received 11 Nov 2020Wayside House Spa Well Road Winlaton Mill Blaydon NE21 6RS
Received 11 Nov 202057 Shotley Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5DP
Received 11 Nov 202039 Western Way Blaydon On Tyne NE21 5NS
Received 11 Nov 202036 Denewell Avenue Gateshead NE9 5HD
Received 11 Nov 202054 Bewicke View Northside Birtley DH3 1RU
Received 12 Nov 2020Land At Ellison Terrace Greenside Ryton NE40 4BL
Received 12 Nov 20201 Birch Crescent Northside Gateshead DH3 1FH
Received 12 Nov 202011 Beechwood Avenue Gateshead NE9 6PP
Received 12 Nov 202036 Ell Dene Crescent Bog House Estate Felling NE10 9UN
Received 12 Nov 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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