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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
8,650Searchable applications
398Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 6,319 approved or refused records
429Refused applications

5,890 approved · 429 refused · 336 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 2016 to 5 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.

More application records

  1. DecidedDC/21/00737/FUL

    Installation of a car port solar array

    Land At Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead NE8 1HH

    Received 7 Jun 2021
  2. DecidedDC/21/00738/REM

    RESERVED MATTERS APPLICATION (relating to appearance, layout and scale of the proposed development) for 1 residential dwelling, substituting approved plot 62 Compton housetype with a Harley housetype (Pursuant to OUTLINE APPLICATION DC/16/00698/OUT)

    Former Wardley Colliery Offices Wardley Lane Wardley Felling NE10 8AA

    Received 7 Jun 2021
  3. DecidedDC/21/00739/HHA

    Proposed Existing Garage Conversion to bedroom / ensuite and Porch extension to front

    8 Sherburn Park Drive Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1QP

    Received 7 Jun 2021
  4. DecidedDC/21/00740/GPDE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.28m, with maximum height of 3.08m, and eaves height of 2.77m.

    14 Rockwood Gardens Greenside Ryton NE40 4BB

    Received 3 Jun 2021
  5. DecidedDC/21/00741/FUL

    Erection of six 4 bedroom houses (amended 08/12/22 and 23/01/23).

    Tyneview Social Club Ltd Fisherwell Road Pelaw Felling NE10 0RB

    Received 8 Jun 2021
  6. DecidedDC/21/00742/FUL

    Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations within the car park of McDonalds

    Mcdonalds Restaurant Shearlegs Road East Gateshead Gateshead NE8 3EJ

    Received 8 Jun 2021
  7. DecidedDC/21/00752/ADV

    Display of 3 externally illuminated and 2 non-illuminated signs (amended plans received 24.08.21 and 21.09.21)

    Eighton Lodge Low Eighton Harlow Green Gateshead NE9 7UB

    Received 9 Jun 2021
  8. DecidedDC/21/00755/HHA

    Demolition of existing side/rear extension and conservatory and proposeed new single storey side/rear extension

    92 Dryden Road Gateshead NE9 5TX

    Received 24 May 2021
  9. DecidedDC/21/00757/HHA

    Proposed 2 storey side extension

    22 Marlowe Gardens Gateshead NE8 3HT

    Received 10 Jun 2021
  10. DecidedDC/21/00761/HHA

    Proposed single storey and second storey gable extensions

    17 Springsyde Close Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5UP

    Received 28 May 2021
  11. DecidedDC/21/00774/FUL

    Erection of 73 residential dwellings with associated infrastructure, landscaping and SUDS drainage (additional information and amended plans received 11/10/21, 12/10/21, 11/11/21, 12/11/21, 16/11/21, 26/11/21 and 14/12/21).

    Land Bounded North And South Of Blackfell Way. North Side Gateshead Birtley

    Received 16 Jun 2021
  12. DecidedDC/21/00775/HHA

    Retrospective application for adopting the flat roof of an exterior building adjacent to the side of the host property as a terrace, including a 1.8m high fence around the edges.

    4 Mersey Place Mount Pleasant Gateshead NE8 3ST

    Received 17 Jun 2021
  13. DecidedDC/21/00777/HHA

    Proposed demolition of existing detached garage with new 2 storey side extension

    16 Elsdon Gardens Dunston Gateshead NE11 9TN

    Received 17 Jun 2021
  14. DecidedDC/21/00779/HHA

    Single storey front and rear extension

    21 Thornley Close Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5TG

    Received 4 Jun 2021
  15. DecidedDC/21/00782/FUL

    Change of use of existing first floor level from storage to 4x 2-bedroom flats with associated elevational alterations including new and refurbished windows and doors, new accesses, staircases and balustrades.

    First Floor 10 Fewster Square Felling Gateshead NE10 8XQ

    Received 17 Jun 2021
  16. DecidedDC/21/00789/FUL

    New shop front

    Unit 2 Derwent House Station Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1JH

    Received 22 Jun 2021
  17. DecidedDC/21/00797/HHA

    Proposed 2 storey side extension, single storey rear extension and renewal of windows (as amended 17/11/21).

    Ferndale Lintzford Road Lintzford Rowlands Gill NE39 1DG

    Received 24 Jun 2021
  18. DecidedDC/21/00801/FUL

    Demolition of existing building on site and erection of replacement building within Class B2 (general industry) and/or Class B8 (storage or distribution), with associated access, parking, servicing and landscaping (description amended 02.08.2021, additional/amended information received 19.11.21, 09.12.21, 09.03.22, 19.04.22, 30.11.22, 27.01.23 and 06.04.2023)

    Unit I70 Queensway Gateshead

    Received 24 Jun 2021
  19. DecidedDC/21/00804/HHA

    Proposed single storey front, side and rear extensions

    12 Langdale Road Gateshead NE9 5RN

    Received 25 Jun 2021
  20. DecidedDC/21/00805/HHA

    Two storey side and single storey rear extension

    46 L'arbre Crescent Whickham NE16 5YH

    Received 25 Jun 2021
  21. DecidedDC/21/00810/HHA

    Proposed First Floor Rear Extension

    73 Wynbury Road Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6TT

    Received 28 Jun 2021
  22. DecidedDC/21/00811/OUT

    Redevelopment of site including demolition of former Miners' Welfare Hall and adjacent workshop for proposed 8 dwellings including terraced housing and apartments with associated parking areas and improved access (amended plans 23.09.2021, 05.10.2021, 28.03.2022) (amended description 05.10.2021)

    Former Miners Welfare Hall Paygate Crawcrook Lane Ryton NE40 4PA

    Received 22 Jun 2021
  23. DecidedDC/21/00812/HHA

    Proposed removal of conservatory and replacement single storey extension with internal structural alterations.

    8 Coldwell Park Avenue Felling Central Felling NE10 9DA

    Received 28 Jun 2021
  24. DecidedDC/21/00814/NMA

    Proposed non-material amendment of application DC/19/00765/FUL to allow existing Tree on Dunsmuir Grove to be removed and proposed two replacement trees within the front gardens of Plots 37 and 38, next to the adopted footpath link through the site.

    Saltwell And Bensham (Phases 1, 2 And 3) Gateshead

    Received 28 Jun 2021

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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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