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.
6,364 approved · 465 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Hawthorn Gardens Gateshead NE9 5TD
Received 6 Apr 202381 Grange Lane Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5AJ
Received 27 Mar 20234 Jubilee Avenue Gateshead NE9 7HN
Received 6 Apr 2023The Tyne Bridge High Street Gateshead
Received 6 Apr 2023The Tyne Bridge High Street Gateshead
Received 6 Apr 202337 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ED
Received 5 Apr 2023West Byermoor Farm Fellside Road Whickham NE16 6BE
Received 6 Apr 2023H Nichol & Son (Gateshead) Ltd South Shore Road Gateshead Quays Gateshead Gateshead NE8 3AE
Received 7 Apr 202352 Garden House Estate Ryton NE40 4PR
Received 7 Apr 2023Overdale Strathmore Avenue Rowlands Gill NE39 1HY
Received 11 Apr 2023Woodcroft 1B East Terrace Chopwell NE17 7HB
Received 11 Apr 2023Ryton Rugby Club Pavilion Main Road Ryton NE40 3AG
Received 12 Apr 2023Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH
Received 12 Apr 20231 Meldon Terrace Ryton NE40 4AJ
Received 12 Apr 2023Land At Former Freight Depot St James Road Gateshead NE8 3EQ
Received 12 Apr 2023Land East Of Gateshead College Academy For Sport Neilson Road Gateshead NE10 0EF
Received 12 Apr 2023Solar PV Site North Of GB Lubricants Albany Road NE8 3BP
Received 12 Apr 2023248 West Way Gateshead NE11 9TQ
Received 6 Apr 2023Herds House Cottages Herd House Lane Blaydon NE21 4TA
Received 14 Apr 20236 Beechwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0BY
Received 14 Apr 2023Grass Verge At Junction Of Deckham Terrace And Split Crow Road Gateshead
Received 13 Apr 2023Pennyfine House Pennyfine Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ER
Received 14 Apr 202312 Long Bank Gateshead NE9 7HE
Received 17 Apr 20239 Fell Close Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5PD
Received 17 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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