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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
9,117Searchable applications
402Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 6,688 approved or refused records
453Refused applications

6,235 approved · 453 refused · 362 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. DecidedDC/22/00630/FUL

    Proposed alterations to existing car park to allow the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities, including EV charging posts, electrical infrastructure, a sub-station, cabinets/control units and enclosure, lighting and other associated works.

    Car Park For Cameron Retail Park Hollinside Road Metro Centre Whickham Gateshead NE11 9XU

    Received 20 May 2022
  2. DecidedDC/22/00632/ADV

    Erection of new LED digital poster display (internally illuminated).

    Mill Farm Millers Lane Swalwell Whickham Gateshead NE16 3AU

    Received 20 May 2022
  3. DecidedDC/22/00633/FUL

    Convert one 3no bedroomed property and shop to two 2no bedroomed flats, with minor external alterations (amended plans 15.07.2022, 01.08.2022) (revised description 15.07.2022).

    27-29 Derwent Street Chopwell Gateshead NE17 7HZ

    Received 20 May 2022
  4. DecidedDC/22/00634/HHA

    Alterations including proposed single storey rear wrap-around extension and a first-floor infill rear extension (as amended 04.01.23).

    Oakview House 22A Sunniside Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5NE

    Received 23 May 2022
  5. DecidedDC/22/00635/CPE

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR EXISTING USE OR DEVELOPMENT: Use of land as private general amenity space (Sui Generis). (Additional information received on 15/07/2022 and 10/08/2022)

    Allotment Gardens West Of Pelaw Youth Centre Shields Road Felling Gateshead NE10 0YH

    Received 23 May 2022
  6. UnknownTREE/22/046

    Tree works at 5 School Houses

    5 School Houses Axwell Park Blaydon NE21 6RN

    Received 23 May 2022
  7. Decided21/00774/DOC2

    Discharge of conditions 3(materials), 8(hard landscaping),36(onsite habitat creation) and 38(landscape management) of planning application DC/21/00774/FUL (amended plans received 02.09.22)

    Land Bounded North And South Of Blackfell Way. North Side Gateshead Birtley

    Received 23 May 2022
  8. DecidedDC/22/00639/HHA

    Proposed porch to front elevation

    22 Broadway Carr Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5PX

    Received 23 May 2022
  9. UnknownTREE/22/044

    Tree works at Kinsarvik Whickham Park

    Kinsarvik Whickham Park Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EH

    Received 23 May 2022
  10. DecidedDC/22/00640/HHA

    Proposed First floor side extension over existing garage

    14 Lintzford Gardens Rowlands Gill NE39 1DJ

    Received 6 May 2022
  11. Decided20/01115/DOC5

    Discharge of condition 13 ( Sound attenuation glazing) of planning application DC/20/01115/FUL

    Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA

    Received 24 May 2022
  12. DecidedDC/22/00642/HHA

    Proposed Single storey rear extension with multi level patio area.

    21 Ventnor Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6EA

    Received 24 May 2022
  13. DecidedDC/22/00643/HHA

    Alterations including demolition of outbuilding and erection of single-storey side extension.

    49 Rectory Lane Winlaton NE21 6PJ

    Received 24 May 2022
  14. DecidedDC/22/00644/HHA

    Removal of section of conservatory and erection of rear extension.

    18 Balmoral Way Felling NE10 9TR

    Received 24 May 2022
  15. DecidedDC/22/00645/HHA

    Erection of Garage to rear.

    13 Park Avenue Gateshead NE11 9QE

    Received 24 May 2022
  16. DecidedDC/22/00646/FUL

    Demolition of existing social club and the erection of 7no four-bedroomed dwellinghouses, with associated landscaping.

    The Former Whickham Social Club School Street Whickham Newcastle NE16 4AY

    Received 24 May 2022
  17. DecidedDC/22/00647/HHA

    Proposed front extension, side extension above existing garage and part single storey part two storey extension to rear (amended plans received 17.02.2023)

    3 Southfield Gardens Whickham Gateshead NE16 4QR

    Received 25 May 2022
  18. DecidedDC/22/00648/COU

    Change use of redundant church from place of worship to scout hall and hall for community charity use (Sui Generis). (Amended plans received on 26/07/2022)

    Victoria Road Methodist Church And Sunday School Victoria Road Gateshead NE8 2SZ

    Received 25 May 2022
  19. DecidedDC/22/00649/HHA

    Single-storey side extension with alterations to expand crossover.

    37 Western Way NE21 5NS

    Received 24 May 2022
  20. UnknownTREE/22/045

    Ash tree fell to ground level (located close to boundary St Helens Terrace)

    Whinney House Durham Road Gateshead

    Received 24 May 2022
  21. DecidedDC/22/00650/FUL

    Proposal to replace existing workshop with a new enclosure to house the palletisers

    Building 78 In Akzo Nobel Facility Tyne Street Felling NE10 0JY

    Received 25 May 2022
  22. DecidedDC/22/00651/TPO

    Works to tree(s) in garden of 1 Moraine Crescent.

    1 Moraine Crescent Blackhall Mill Chopwell Gateshead NE17 7DX

    Received 25 May 2022
  23. Decided21/01262/DOC1

    Discharge of condition 5 (Submit odour management plan) of planning application DC/21/01262/FUL

    Unit 7 And Unit 8 Halifax Court Gateshead NE11 9JT

    Received 26 May 2022
  24. DecidedDC/22/00656/GPDE

    Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original house by 3.5m, with a maximum height of 4.0m, and eaves height of 2.8m.

    28 Fellside Avenue Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NL

    Received 25 May 2022

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What these statistics cover

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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