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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.
6,251 approved · 454 refused · 365 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Between Springwell Road And Follingsby Lane Felling
Received 1 Jun 2022Mossheaps Recreation Ground Moss Bank Gateshead
Received 8 Jun 202216 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RD
Received 13 Jun 2022Land At The Junction Of Bayswater Road And Split Crow Road Deckham Gateshead. NE8 3UP
Received 28 Jun 2022Land At The Junction Of Chelsea Gardens And Kingston Road
Received 28 Jun 2022Land At The Junction Of Lambeth Place And Mayfair Gardens Deckham Gateshead NE8 3UR
Received 28 Jun 2022Land At The Junction Of Leyton Place And Mayfair Gardens, Deckham Gateshead. NE8 3US
Received 28 Jun 20227 John Street Pelaw Felling Gateshead NE10 0XR
Received 29 Jun 2022Granville House 16 Durham Road Gateshead Gateshead NE8 4EJ
Received 29 Jun 202230 Rowland Burn Way Rowlands Gill NE39 2PU
Received 29 Jun 2022Derwentside Stirling Lane Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 1PS
Received 29 Jun 2022Unit 3 Beaconsfield Industrial Estate Station Lane Birtley DH3 1DB
Received 29 Jun 202235 Neville Crescent Birtley DH3 1NF
Received 30 Jun 2022Unit 2+3 Premier Shop At Ship Inn High Heworth Lane Felling NE10 9XD
Received 30 Jun 202213 Corrofell Gardens Heworth Felling Gateshead NE10 0YQ
Received 30 Jun 2022Cortina 33 Axwell Park Road Axwell Park Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5PB
Received 30 Jun 2022470 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AQ
Received 29 Jun 20222 Brothers Supermarket Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3LG
Received 14 Jun 202220 Falla Park Crescent Felling Central Felling Gateshead NE10 9HS
Received 4 Jul 2022Former Boules Court Baltic Quarter Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 4 Jul 20227 Bolburn Felling NE10 8XB
Received 4 Jul 202230 Fernville Avenue Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5PE
Received 4 Jul 2022Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School Market Lane Dunston Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE11 9NX
Received 4 Jul 20229 Garvey Villas Windy Nook Felling Gateshead NE10 9SX
Received 4 Jul 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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