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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.
6,268 approved · 454 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 Bowburn Close Felling NE10 8UG
Received 2 Sept 202252 Larne Crescent Sheriff Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5RQ
Received 3 Sept 202219 Church Rise Ryton NE40 3DW
Received 30 Aug 2022West Farm Kibblesworth Bank Kibblesworth NE11 0JB
Received 24 Aug 2022Deacon Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ER
Received 8 Aug 2022St Helens Church Belle Vue Bank Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6BR
Received 5 Sept 202239 Dykes Way High Heworth Felling Gateshead NE10 8QL
Received 5 Sept 2022Land To The North Of Team Valley Retail World Junction Of Dukesway And Tenth Avenue West Gateshead NE11 0BD
Received 5 Sept 20226 Whaggs Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PF
Received 31 Aug 2022Land Adj Meynell House Dipwood Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DA
Received 6 Sept 2022Block 2 Half Moon Lane Gateshead NE8 2AA
Received 6 Sept 2022Meldon High Heworth Lane Heworth Felling Gateshead NE10 0PB
Received 6 Sept 20225 Hall Road Bungalows Chopwell Gateshead NE17 7AF
Received 6 Sept 202215 Beech Grove Terrace Crawcrook Ryton Gateshead NE40 4LZ
Received 7 Sept 202211 - 13 Walker Terrace Bensham Road Bensham Gateshead Gateshead NE8 1EB
Received 7 Sept 202224 Underwood Leam Lane Estate Felling Gateshead NE10 8QE
Received 7 Sept 202214 Lyndhurst Drive Lyndhurst Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6BB
Received 7 Sept 2022Pennyfine House Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5ER
Received 7 Sept 202211 Thorneyholme Terrace Blaydon Bank Blaydon NE21 4PS
Received 8 Sept 2022Dunmarvic Strathmore Avenue Rowlands Gill NE39 1HY
Received 7 Sept 202253 Cherrytree Drive Whickham Gateshead NE16 4TQ
Received 8 Sept 20223 Laburnum Grove Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LY
Received 11 Aug 2022Whitnash 38 Sunderland Road Villas Heworth Felling NE10 8HB
Received 9 Sept 2022Site 18 - 19 Whinfield Way Highfield Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 1EH
Received 11 Sept 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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