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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.
6,126 approved · 448 refused · 358 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Bracken Way Crawcrook Ryton Gateshead NE40 4XP
Received 1 Feb 2022Rockwood Bungalow Rockwood Hill Road Greenside Ryton NE40 4AU
Received 1 Feb 202248 Norman Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1JS
Received 18 Jan 202219 Roxburgh Close Winlaton Gateshead NE21 6QJ
Received 19 Jan 202223 Festival Park Drive Gateshead NE11 9TU
Received 19 Jan 20222 Woodgate Gardens Felling NE10 0ST
Received 1 Feb 202222 Lilac Avenue Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5BF
Received 2 Feb 20227 South View Clara Vale Ryton Gateshead NE40 3SY
Received 2 Feb 20226 Overstone Avenue Greenside Ryton Gateshead NE40 4LD
Received 2 Feb 20227 Lyndhurst Crescent Lyndhurst Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6BA
Received 3 Feb 2022Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA
Received 3 Feb 202245 Cedar Crescent Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6ES
Received 3 Feb 202250 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5XX
Received 21 Jan 202228 Essex Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5BB
Received 3 Feb 20223 Elm Street West Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5LT
Received 4 Feb 2022Sentinal Sheds St Cuthberts Way Blaydon NE21 5QD
Received 3 Feb 2022Laburnum Cottage Barmoor Lane Ryton Central Ryton Gateshead NE40 3AA
Received 7 Feb 20223 Hall Road Bungalows Chopwell Gateshead NE17 7AF
Received 7 Feb 202218 Musgrave Road Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5TA
Received 7 Feb 2022Land At Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead NE8 1HH
Received 7 Feb 2022Lyndhurst Bowling Club 735 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6AR
Received 7 Feb 20221 Glenhurst Drive Whickham Gateshead NE16 5SH
Received 8 Feb 202265 Armstrong Street Gateshead Gateshead NE8 4XS
Received 8 Feb 202211 Briermede Park Gateshead NE9 6AF
Received 28 Jan 2022Records 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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