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.
6,179 approved · 453 refused · 361 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Orchard Dene Rowlands Gill NE39 1DW
Received 9 Feb 2022Holly Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5ER
Received 6 Apr 2022River Tyne Academy Birtley Lane Birtley Gateshead DH3 2PP
Received 6 Apr 202218 Church Road Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5RD
Received 6 Apr 2022Communication Station Cellnet Site 4952 Princesway Team Valley Gateshead Gateshead NE11 0TU
Received 7 Apr 2022Land North Of A695 Crawcrook
Received 7 Apr 202290 Marian Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2JU
Received 8 Apr 202243 Parkhead Gardens Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6NP
Received 8 Apr 2022Imperial Business Centre 1 Imperial Buildings Durham Road Chester Le Street DH3 1LG
Received 8 Apr 2022The White Cottage Kyo Close Crawcrook Ryton Gateshead NE41 8JW
Received 9 Apr 20221 Ennerdale Gardens Sheriff Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6TQ
Received 9 Apr 202223 Dockendale Place Bleach Green Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5GJ
Received 11 Apr 202213 Bleachfeld Leam Lane Estate Felling Gateshead NE10 8PY
Received 11 Apr 202217 Beamish Gardens Wrekenton Gateshead Gateshead NE9 7LD
Received 11 Apr 2022Former Whitley Court Gateshead
Received 29 Mar 202225 Beaumont Court Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6BF
Received 11 Apr 202256 Millway Carr Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5PR
Received 12 Apr 202285 Lansbury Drive Elisabethville Birtley Gateshead DH3 1JR
Received 13 Apr 202217 Broadleaf Walk Northside Birtley Gateshead DH3 1FB
Received 13 Apr 2022Broom House 35 Broom Lane Whickham Gateshead NE16 4QS
Received 13 Apr 2022Former Whitley Court Gateshead
Received 13 Apr 20221 The Limes Highfield Road Rowlands Gill NE39 2LY
Received 24 Mar 202217 Percy Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE11 9RY
Received 14 Apr 202257 Grange Lane Baysgarth House Gateshead Whickham NE16 5AH
Received 14 Apr 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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