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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.
6,272 approved · 455 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ralna 1 Bowes Lyon Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1EW
Received 20 Sept 2022Land Bounded North And South Of Blackfell Way. North Side Gateshead Birtley
Received 20 Sept 2022Land Bounded North And South Of Blackfell Way. North Side Gateshead Birtley
Received 20 Sept 2022Allotment Gardens Rear Of Edington Gardens Clara Vale Ryton Gateshead NE40 3SS
Received 21 Sept 202240 Eastwood Gardens Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5UB
Received 21 Sept 202225 Axwell Park Road Axwell Park Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5PB
Received 21 Sept 202210 Hedgelea Ryton Central Ryton Gateshead NE40 3BW
Received 22 Sept 202247 Cedar Crescent Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6ES
Received 22 Sept 20223 Whickham Lodge Front Street Whickham Gateshead NE16 4HH
Received 22 Sept 20227 Whickham Lodge Rise Whickham Gateshead NE16 4RY
Received 22 Sept 2022Whickham Park House Whickham Park Whickham Gateshead NE16 4EH
Received 23 Sept 2022Whickham Park House Whickham Park Whickham Gateshead NE16 4EH
Received 23 Sept 2022100 Bewick Road Bensham Gateshead Gateshead NE8 1RS
Received 24 Sept 2022Derwenthaugh Ecoparc Derwenthaugh Road Blaydon Central Blaydon Gateshead NE16 3BJ
Received 24 Sept 2022Land To The South Of The Namaste Indian Restaurant, Between The A692 Gateshead Road And The Tanfield Railwath Path.
Received 26 Sept 202215 Queens Drive Whickham Gateshead NE16 4PX
Received 26 Sept 202215 Beaconsfield Crescent Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5XR
Received 26 Sept 20221 Glenhurst Drive Whickham Gateshead NE16 5SH
Received 26 Sept 2022Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH
Received 26 Sept 20229 Beaconsfield Road Gateshead NE9 5EU
Received 26 Sept 20229 Rookery Lane Fellside Park Whickham Gateshead NE16 5TX
Received 27 Sept 20229 Haswell Close Felling NE10 8UE
Received 9 Sept 202210 Coniston Vigo Birtley Gateshead DH3 2LB
Received 28 Sept 202221 Newquay Gardens Chowdene Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6UU
Received 28 Sept 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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