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.
6,298 approved · 457 refused · 366 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Mission House Rockwood Hill Road Greenside Ryton NE40 4AT
Received 14 Dec 2022Bagnalls Blenheim Place Gateshead NE11 9JE
Received 5 Dec 2022Land Between Leam Lane And A194 (M) Springwell
Received 30 Nov 2022Elizabeth House 231 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HU
Received 15 Dec 2022Elizabeth House 231 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HU
Received 15 Dec 2022109 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5XE
Received 16 Dec 2022Elizabeth House 231 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HU
Received 16 Dec 202221 Church Rise Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4BU
Received 20 Dec 202225 Lime Grove Ryton NE40 3RH
Received 15 Dec 2022Mall Space Adjacent To Unit 262-269 (Zara) Red Mall Metrocentre Gateshead NE11 9YG
Received 20 Dec 2022Dunston West Farm Livery Stables Whickham Highway Whickham NE16 4EP
Received 20 Dec 2022Baltic Business Quarter Multi Storey Car Park Hawks Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 14 Dec 2022The Stephenson North Side Gateshead NE8 2BF
Received 20 Dec 2022Redlands Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5DT
Received 21 Dec 2022The Old Dispensary Nelson Street Gateshead NE8 1NY
Received 21 Dec 2022Former Toys R Us Unit Metro Retail Park Pinetree Way Gateshead NE11 9XU
Received 22 Dec 2022Holme Lea 2 Lintzford Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DE
Received 22 Dec 20222 Westwood Belle Vue Bank Gateshead NE9 6DU
Received 22 Dec 2022Land West Of Gibside Way Metro Retail West Gateshead Metro Centre Retail Park NE11 9XS
Received 22 Dec 2022Premier Shop At Ship Inn Unit 3 High Heworth Lane Felling NE10 9XD
Received 23 Dec 202222 Firwood Gardens Lobley Hill Gateshead NE11 0DL
Received 19 Dec 2022Bowes Manor Equestrian Centre North Side Birtley
Received 26 Dec 2022Watendlath High Heworth Lane Felling NE10 0PB
Received 26 Dec 2022St Mary And St Thomas Aquinas RC Primary School Stella Lane Ryton NE21 4NE
Received 9 Dec 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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