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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

8,750Searchable applications

399Recorded as pending

93%Approval rate · 6,397 approved or refused records

433Refused applications

5,964 approved · 433 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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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More application records

DecidedDC/21/01062/HHA
Proposed removal of 2 existing rooflights and addition of new Dormer Window to Front Elevation
6 Gullane Close Bill Quay Felling NE10 0TQ
Received 30 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01063/HHA
Proposed Ramp to front garden
13 Toberty Gardens Wardley Felling NE10 8ES
Received 30 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01065/HHA
Proposed 2 storey rear extension
37 Wynbury Road Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6TS
Received 1 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01066/TPO
Works to Beech tree in garden of Field House.
Field House Bute Road North Rowlands Gill NE39 2AX
Received 24 Aug 2021
UnknownTREE/21/084
Felling of Willow tree in garden of Brierley.
Brierley Dene Crescent Rowlands Gill NE39 1DS
Received 26 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01068/NMA
Proposed Non Material Amendment of DC/21/00315/HHA for a 2 storey side extension to Convert the garage into a habitable space
Grove Cottage Ryton Village East Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3QJ
Received 2 Sept 2021
Decided20/01003/DOC2
Discharge of condition 6 (CPMS) of planning application DC/20/01003/FUL.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 2 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01070/LBC
Proposed single storey rear extension and re-pointing to front elevation and chimney stack of property (Amended description and Revised plans received on 07.10.21)
Cox Close Cottage Ravensworth Park Access Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead Gateshead NE11 0HQ
Received 9 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01071/FUL
Detached bungalow dwelling
Land Adj High Spen Industrial Estate High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2PS
Received 20 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01072/HHA
Proposed single storey side extension
1 Tynebank Winlaton Blaydon NE21 4RW
Received 3 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01073/COU
Change the use from an office to a tattoo studio/beauty salon.
203 High Street Gateshead NE8 1AS
Received 3 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01074/HHA
Proposed single storey rear extension with self coloured render, new pitched roof and render to existing Garage and new render to part front elevation
2 Woodmans Way Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5TR
Received 4 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01078/HHA
Proposed Dormer extensions to front and rear elevations and first floor rear extension (as amended 13.06.22)
74 Bewick Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 1RS
Received 6 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01079/HHA
Proposed extensions at first and second floor level, Proposed dormer window to rear and new Sukka rooflight at first floor level
224 Alexandra Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 4EB
Received 6 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01080/NMA
Proposed Non Material Amendment of DC/20/01155/HHA for a single storey rear extension to amend the design to be cantilevered off the existing structure.
30 Beechwood Avenue Lyndhurst Gateshead NE9 6PP
Received 6 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01081/HHA
Proposed extension to existing detached garage
4 Strothers Road Rowlands Gill NE39 2HR
Received 6 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01083/ADV
Display of 3 x non illuminated signs
Parkhead Community Primary School Park Lane Winlaton Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6LT
Received 7 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01084/HHA
Erection of a proposed first floor rear extension.
1 Whinfield Cottages Pipe Bridge Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1PQ
Received 8 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01085/HHA
Proposed single storey rear extension, raising of existing garage roof and conversion to habitable room
153 Dryden Road Low Fell Gateshead NE9 5TT
Received 8 Sept 2021
Awaiting decisionENQ/21/00001
Proposed amendments to phasing at Ryton Village Growth Site (Taylor Wimpey (DC/17/01376/FUL).
Ryton Village Growth Site Ryton
Received 1 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01086/HHA
Single storey rear extension
14 Constable Close Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3JT
Received 8 Sept 2021
UnknownTREE/21/085
tree works at 6 North Close Ryton
6 North Close Ryton Central Ryton NE40 3LJ
Received 8 Sept 2021
DecidedDC/21/01087/HHA
Proposed three storey rear extension, single storey extension above existing rear garage, dormer window to rear roofslope and rooflight to front roofslope (description amended 28.09.2021).
257 Coatsworth Road Gateshead NE8 4LJ
Received 17 Aug 2021
DecidedDC/21/01088/HHA
Proposed 2 storey side extension and single storey rear extension (Revision of DC/21/00255/HHA)
48 Warwick Avenue Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5JQ
Received 18 Aug 2021

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What these statistics cover

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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