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.
6,278 approved · 456 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 28 Oct 20223 Saltwell Gardens Shipcote Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5EG
Received 8 Nov 2022Chester Cottage Dene Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DU
Received 4 Nov 2022Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead
Received 9 Nov 202225 Heathfield Place Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5AS
Received 9 Nov 2022Garage Block Adjacent 7 Glenbrooke Terrace Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6AJ
Received 9 Nov 202285 Lansbury Drive Birtley DH3 1JR
Received 24 Oct 202290 Staneway Felling NE10 8LS
Received 9 Nov 20227 Vance Business Park Norwood Road Festival Park Gateshead Gateshead NE11 9NE
Received 10 Nov 2022Land Ajacent 46 Worley Avenue Gateshead NE9 6AL
Received 10 Nov 20223 Alderley Road Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6DN
Received 11 Nov 2022Meynell House Dipwood Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DA
Received 11 Nov 202252 Exeter Street Gateshead NE8 4EY
Received 10 Nov 202210 Scholars Close Marley Hill Whickham Gateshead NE16 5AZ
Received 12 Nov 2022Dower House Main Section Shibdon Road Blaydon Central Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5NP
Received 12 Nov 202222 The Crescent High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2AW
Received 13 Nov 2022Dracaena 19 Main Road Barmoor Ryton Gateshead NE40 3BT
Received 14 Nov 202245 Cedar Crescent Low Fell Gateshead Gateshead NE9 6ES
Received 14 Nov 202211 Coldwell Park Drive Felling NE10 9BY
Received 10 Nov 202298 Tyne Gardens Crookhill Ryton NE40 3DS
Received 10 Nov 20227 Millfield Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4QA
Received 16 Nov 2022Loomis Uk Ltd Nest Road Felling Central Felling Gateshead NE10 0ES
Received 14 Nov 2022Leyburn Villa Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 1HZ
Received 14 Nov 2022High Fell Court Old Durham Road Gateshead Gateshead NE9 5JN
Received 15 Nov 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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