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.
5,752 approved · 421 refused · 327 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Wellfield Court Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4HA
Received 10 Feb 2021Land Adjacent 1 Cypress Road Eighton Banks Gateshead NE9 7XE
Received 10 Feb 202130A Broom Lane Whickham Whickham NE16 4QP
Received 10 Feb 202193 Salcombe Gardens Gateshead NE9 6UD
Received 10 Feb 202187 Silverdale Drive Blaydon Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6EN
Received 4 Feb 2021Oban Terrace Felling Gateshead
Received 10 Feb 20213 Wallace Terrace Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3PL
Received 10 Feb 2021Baltic Business Quarter Multi Storey Car Park Hawks Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 10 Feb 202130 Limetrees Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5BE
Received 11 Feb 20212 Wallace Terrace Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3PL
Received 11 Feb 20217 Limetrees Gardens Gateshead NE9 5BE
Received 11 Feb 2021Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA
Received 11 Feb 20215 East Acres Blaydon On Tyne NE21 5JU
Received 27 Jan 2021The Kyles Stella Bank Blaydon NE21 4NA
Received 2 Feb 202123 Cherrytree Drive Whickham NE16 4TQ
Received 2 Feb 2021Travis Perkins Factory Road Blaydon NE21 5SA
Received 11 Feb 2021Lawrence Hill Court Thorne Avenue Felling
Received 12 Feb 202153 Sunniside Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NF
Received 5 Feb 202151 Sunniside Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NF
Received 8 Feb 2021Former Evans Halshaw Car Showroom Tyne Street Blaydon NE21 4JB
Received 12 Feb 202175 Westbourne Avenue Bensham Gateshead NE8 4NF
Received 12 Feb 2021Ewanrigg 2 Chudleigh Terrace Blaydon NE21 4QL
Received 13 Feb 202110 Whickham Park Whickham Whickham NE16 4EH
Received 15 Feb 20219 Dipwood Way Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1DH
Received 15 Feb 2021Records 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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