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.
5,991 approved · 438 refused · 345 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Dairy Long Acre Farm Lamesley Birtley DH3 1RQ
Received 24 Sept 2021Beechwood The Grove Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1PN
Received 26 Sept 202111 Hawthorn Terrace Eighton Banks Gateshead NE9 7XY
Received 26 Sept 2021Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 27 Sept 20219 Fairfield Avenue Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5BT
Received 20 Sept 2021304 Victoria Road Gateshead NE8 4XT
Received 28 Sept 202117 Claremont Place Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TL
Received 28 Sept 202117 Claremont Place Bensham Gateshead NE8 1TL
Received 28 Sept 2021Land At Hepburn Gardens Felling Gateshead NE10 9LQ
Received 28 Sept 2021Whickham And District Social Club School Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4AD
Received 3 Aug 202137 Strothers Terrace High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2HL
Received 29 Sept 2021317 Rawling Road Gateshead NE8 4UE
Received 29 Sept 2021Former Whitley Court Gateshead
Received 29 Sept 2021Briardene Dene Road Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill NE39 1DU
Received 30 Sept 2021Vacant Land Barlow Lane Winlaton Blaydon On Tyne NE21 6LA
Received 30 Sept 20211 Victoria Mews Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4NJ
Received 9 Sept 2021Park House Park Road Gateshead
Received 30 Sept 202110 Beechwood Avenue Lyndhurst Gateshead NE9 6PP
Received 30 Sept 202129 Lobley Gardens Gateshead NE11 9RU
Received 1 Oct 2021Wernick Hire Ltd Wellington Road Dunston Gateshead NE11 9JL
Received 1 Oct 2021Low Thornley Farm Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill
Received 2 Oct 2021The Ark Main Road Barmoor Ryton NE40 3UG
Received 5 Oct 2021Baltic Business Quarter Albany Road Gateshead NE8 3BP
Received 6 Oct 20217 Burnwood Close Chopwell NE17 7QF
Received 6 Oct 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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