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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.
5,935 approved · 431 refused · 340 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Elm Court Whickham NE16 4PS
Received 21 Jul 202111 Park Drive Whickham NE16 4SP
Received 21 Jul 20217 Louie Terrace Gateshead NE9 5XH
Received 13 Jul 2021Land Off Newburn Bridge Road, Between Flogas And Blaydon Caravan Blaydon NE21 4NT
Received 21 Jul 20212 High Level Parade Wellington Street Gateshead NE8 2AJ
Received 22 Jul 202125 Axwell Park Road Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5PB
Received 22 Jul 2021Hawks Road/Albany Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 22 Jul 202116 Windermere Gardens Whickham NE16 4ET
Received 22 Jul 20213 Beech Drive Gateshead NE11 9PD
Received 15 Jun 2021Turntide (Former Borg Warner) Eighth Avenue Princesway Gateshead Team Valley NE11 0QA
Received 22 Jul 202195 Church Road Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5XE
Received 22 Jul 2021Dunelm The Plantation Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5RL
Received 23 Jul 202138 Woodlands Park Drive Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5PQ
Received 26 Jul 202113 Helmsdale Avenue Felling Gateshead NE10 0JD
Received 6 Jul 2021E And J Robinson Wrekenton Row Gateshead NE9 7JE
Received 26 Jul 2021North East Concrete Ltd Longshank Lane Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1QZ
Received 20 Jul 2021Land To Rear Of 50 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RJ
Received 21 Jul 20213 East Terrace Chopwell NE17 7HB
Received 28 Jul 2021Tor Coatings Ltd Portobello Road Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 2RE
Received 28 Jul 2021Telecommunications Equipment On Rooftop Of The Swallow Hotel Gateshead High West Street Gateshead NE8 1PE
Received 28 Jul 202149 Klondyke Walk Blaydon NE21 4FG
Received 29 Jul 2021Windy Nook Off Stone Street Gateshead Windy Nook NE10 9RY
Received 29 Jul 202132 Cornmoor Road Whickham NE16 4PU
Received 29 Jul 2021Ravenswood House Chowdene Bank Gateshead NE9 6JP
Received 30 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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