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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.
6,362 approved · 465 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Ethel Terrace (rear Of No 1) High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2BH
Received 21 Mar 2023Fairways Care Home 279 Easedale Gardens Gateshead NE9 7EE
Received 28 Mar 2023272 Saltwell Road Gateshead NE8 4TP
Received 28 Mar 20238 Dodds Terrace Northside Chester Le Street DH3 1NQ
Received 28 Mar 2023Land East Of Scotswood View (North And West Of Cross Lane) Gateshead
Received 28 Mar 202325 Grange Road Ryton NE40 3LU
Received 28 Mar 2023Hawks Road/Albany Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 28 Mar 2023Dfs Metro Park West Gibside Way Gateshead NE11 9XS
Received 29 Mar 2023Golden Acres Land At Junction Of Hole Lane And Burnthouse Lane Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5NH
Received 22 Mar 2023Land Off Newburn Bridge Road, Between Flogas And Blaydon Caravan Blaydon NE21 4NT
Received 30 Mar 2023Land Opposite Grove Terrace Sunniside NE16 5EF
Received 29 Mar 2023The Ark Main Road Ryton NE40 4UG
Received 30 Mar 202325 Valley Drive Gateshead NE9 5DJ
Received 30 Mar 20233 Hartington Street Gateshead NE8 4EN
Received 24 Mar 2023Former Co-Op Front Street Kibblesworth NE11 0XL
Received 31 Mar 2023Park Cottage School Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4SL
Received 3 Apr 202317 Axwell Park Road Axwell Park Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5PB
Received 3 Apr 20238 Redewater Gardens Whickham NE16 4LQ
Received 27 Mar 2023Land On Barlow Road (between Nos 33 And 35) Barlow Road Blaydon On Tyne Barlow NE21 6JU
Received 4 Apr 20237 Ashgrove Terrace Gateshead NE8 1RL
Received 27 Mar 202325 - 26 William Wailes Walk Shipcote Gateshead NE9 5EW
Received 5 Apr 2023Allotment Land West Of Greenridge Lead Road Greenside Ryton NE40 4JQ
Received 5 Apr 2023KFC Clasper Way Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BE
Received 5 Apr 2023KFC Clasper Way Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3BE
Received 5 Apr 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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