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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.
6,353 approved · 464 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Gladstone Terrace Gateshead NE8 4EF
Received 9 Mar 2023Land East Of Stampley Moss Farm Thornley Lane Blaydon
Received 10 Mar 202388C High Street Felling
Received 10 Mar 202374 Valley Dene Chopwell NE17 7EZ
Received 10 Mar 2023Vigo Lane Service Station Durham Road Birtley DH3 2BQ
Received 10 Mar 2023Land To West Of Long Rigg Road And South Of J R Adams Newcastle Ltd Unit 5 Hannington Works Long Rigg Swalwell NE16 3AS
Received 13 Mar 202395 Chaucer Close Gateshead NE8 3NQ
Received 13 Mar 2023Rhodeferns 741 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6AT
Received 14 Mar 202311 Southlands Gateshead NE9 7BP
Received 14 Mar 2023Stable House 23A Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HQ
Received 14 Mar 202343 Sunderland Road Villas Heworth Felling NE10 8HD
Received 6 Mar 202338 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5RJ
Received 7 Mar 20236 Albert Street Victoria Garesfield Rowlands Gill NE39 2JA
Received 6 Mar 202362 Kendal Crescent Gateshead NE9 6YB
Received 15 Mar 2023The Storage Place Brewery Lane Felling NE10 0EY
Received 15 Mar 2023Santiago Prince Consort Road Gateshead NE8 4JB
Received 14 Mar 2023Oakfield Road Streetworks Oakfield Road Whickham NE16 5QU
Received 16 Mar 202313 Langdale Birtley DH3 2EJ
Received 14 Mar 2023Former Wardley Colliery Wardley Lane Felling NE10 8AA
Received 15 Mar 202327 Braeside Gateshead NE11 9RD
Received 17 Mar 202325 Pottersway Gateshead NE9 5QE
Received 17 Mar 2023Unit 1 Allison Court Marconi Way Metro Centre Whickham NE11 9YS
Received 17 Mar 2023Portobello Industrial Estate Shadon Way Chester-Le-Street Birtley DH3 2SW
Received 17 Mar 2023Meresyde Wardley Gateshead NE10 8UP
Received 17 Mar 2023Records 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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