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.
5,940 approved · 431 refused · 341 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 2016 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 30 Jul 202131 Foxhills Covert Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5TN
Received 2 Aug 2021Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 2 Aug 202111 Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HF
Received 2 Aug 202116 Sunnidale Fellside Park Whickham NE16 5TT
Received 3 Aug 2021202 Old Durham Road Gateshead NE8 4BP
Received 3 Aug 20215 Warrens Walk Winlaton Blaydon NE21 6EF
Received 3 Aug 202110 Ryton Hall Drive Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3QB
Received 3 Aug 2021Calder Lea 12 Meadow Close Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6ED
Received 4 Aug 20216 Coalway Lane Whickham NE16 4BX
Received 4 Aug 20216 Ravensworth Crescent Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6PE
Received 4 Aug 2021Site Of Sterling House South Shore Road Gateshead
Received 5 Aug 20212 South Avenue Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3LD
Received 5 Aug 20218 Battle View Blaydon NE21 4FR
Received 6 Aug 202124 Berkley Avenue Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 5NN
Received 6 Aug 2021Former Baja Beach Club Pipewellgate Gateshead NE8 2BJ
Received 6 Aug 20217 Aspen Close Birtley DH3 1FE
Received 6 Aug 2021The Goat House South Farm Gateshead NE11 0ET
Received 9 Aug 202123 Stella Hall Drive Stella Ryton NE21 4LB
Received 9 Aug 202133 Redesdale Avenue Winlaton Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6HS
Received 6 Aug 2021Granby Stables Opposite Streetgate Farm Gateshead Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne
Received 22 Jul 2021Dalziel Ltd William Street Felling Central Felling NE10 0JW
Received 9 Aug 2021The Woodcutters Cottage Mansion Heights Dunston Hill Whickham NE11 9DL
Received 10 Aug 202151 Dominies Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1PB
Received 9 Aug 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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