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.
6,149 approved · 449 refused · 360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Oakfield Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5HG
Received 20 Feb 2022Musgrave 335 Durham Road Gateshead
Received 21 Feb 202228 Derwent View Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6LP
Received 21 Feb 2022Land At Former Freight Depot St James Road Gateshead NE8 3EQ
Received 21 Feb 2022SCS Unit 8 Cameron Retail Park Metro Centre Gateshead NE11 9XU
Received 28 Jan 2022SCS Unit 8 Cameron Retail Park Metro Centre Gateshead NE11 9XU
Received 28 Jan 2022Former Whitley Court Gateshead
Received 22 Feb 2022Land To The South Of Cushy Cow Lane Ryton Tyne & Wear
Received 22 Feb 20224 Spencer Grove Whickham Gateshead NE16 4BL
Received 22 Feb 2022Bebe House Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Received 15 Feb 202212 Ashford Allerdene Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6XG
Received 22 Feb 20225 Earls Dene Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6BJ
Received 23 Feb 2022The Tyne Bridge High Street Gateshead Gateshead NE8 2FD
Received 23 Feb 20224 The Steadings Greenside Ryton Gateshead NE40 4JF
Received 23 Feb 202212 Long Bank Eighton Banks Gateshead Gateshead NE9 7HE
Received 24 Feb 20223 Burnaby Drive Ryton Central Ryton Gateshead NE40 3BN
Received 24 Feb 2022Ravensdene Lodge 55 Consett Road Lobley Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE11 0AN
Received 24 Feb 20229 Beaconsfield Road Gateshead NE9 5EU
Received 24 Feb 2022Silverdale Barlow Lane End Greenside Ryton Gateshead NE40 4RQ
Received 25 Feb 202215 Woodbine Terrace Bensham Gateshead NE8 1RU
Received 23 Feb 2022Jb Components Ltd Heworth House, Willian Street Felling Gateshead NE10 0JP
Received 21 Feb 20226 Shotley Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5DP
Received 25 Feb 2022Ryder Vans Fell Bank Birtley Gateshead DH3 2SP
Received 25 Feb 2022Keld 18 The Avenue Axwell Park Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5NE
Received 26 Feb 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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