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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.
6,179 approved · 453 refused · 361 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Station Cottages Station Road Rowlands Gill Central Gateshead NE39 1QE
Received 29 Mar 2022Larkspur Community Primary School Larkspur Gateshead NE9 6SS
Received 15 Mar 202227 Beverley Drive Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6HG
Received 29 Mar 20222 Cornmoor Road Whickham Gateshead NE16 4PU
Received 29 Mar 2022Lynn Holme 17 Long Bank Gateshead NE9 7HE
Received 18 Mar 2022490 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6HU
Received 30 Mar 2022Lands At & To The Rear: 21 & 23 Monkridge Gardens With Disused Pavilion & Hardstanding Off Monkridge Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead Borough NE11 9XE
Received 30 Mar 2022St Cuthberts Lodge Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5DJ
Received 30 Mar 202213 St Ronans View Harlow Green Gateshead Gateshead NE9 7TF
Received 30 Mar 202256A Whaggs Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PQ
Received 30 Mar 2022Windsor Court Rowlands Gill NE39 1BF
Received 31 Mar 20225 Hollydene Kibblesworth Birtley Gateshead NE11 0NR
Received 1 Apr 2022Virgin Media, Unit 1 And Unit 3 Dukesway West Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PN
Received 1 Apr 202214 Norwood Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5EA
Received 1 Apr 202214 Lintzford Gardens Rowlands Gill NE39 1DJ
Received 11 Mar 2022Mayfield Gateshead Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5LE
Received 3 Apr 2022Beweshill House Beweshill Lane Blaydon Burn Blaydon Gateshead NE21 4ST
Received 3 Apr 20222 Kinfauns Terrace Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5XJ
Received 3 Apr 202214 Shepherd Drive Crawcrook Ryton NE40 4FD
Received 4 Apr 202216 Runhead Gardens Ryton Central Ryton Gateshead NE40 3HH
Received 4 Apr 202229 Denewell Avenue Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5HD
Received 5 Apr 202266 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RJ
Received 5 Apr 20229 Tyne Gardens Crookhill Ryton Gateshead NE40 3DR
Received 5 Apr 2022Willows Edge, Miller Homes Development, Land To East Of Woodside Lane & North Of A695 Ryton
Received 5 Apr 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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