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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.
5,899 approved · 429 refused · 338 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
62 Kepier Chare Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4UR
Received 29 Jun 2021Land Adjacent Rose Cottage High Street Gateshead
Received 29 Jun 2021Ravensdene Lodge 55 Consett Road Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0AN
Received 29 Jun 2021Telecommunications Site Ctil 117281-25 Grass Verge At Land Adjacent To Red Kite Pub Spa Well Road Tyne & Wear Winlaton Mill NE21 6RU
Received 29 Jun 2021Gibside Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG
Received 29 Jun 2021Gibside Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG
Received 29 Jun 20212 Curlew Close Stargate Ryton NE40 3XB
Received 30 Jun 2021Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham Gateshead NE11 9QT
Received 30 Jun 2021Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 1 Jul 202141 Burghley Road Windy Nook Felling NE10 9RX
Received 1 Jul 2021The Bungalow Station Road Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1QD
Received 1 Jul 202112 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5ED
Received 1 Jul 2021Axwell Hall Axwell Park Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 6RN
Received 1 Jul 2021Axwell Hall Axwell Park Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 6RN
Received 1 Jul 20211 Glenhurst Drive Whickham Whickham NE16 5SH
Received 1 Jul 20212 Roxburgh Close Winlaton Blaydon On Tyne Gateshead NE21 6QJ
Received 17 Jun 2021Newcombe Villa Rockcliffe Way Eighton Banks Gateshead NE9 7XS
Received 1 Jul 2021S147 Kingsway South Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0SW
Received 2 Jul 2021Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 2 Jul 202134 Clavering Road Swalwell Whickham NE16 3JJ
Received 2 Jul 2021Laburnum Cottage Barmoor Lane Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3AA
Received 2 Jul 202124 Berkley Avenue Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NN
Received 4 Jul 20213 Western Way Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NS
Received 5 Jul 2021Hawks Road/Albany Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 5 Jul 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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