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.
6,367 approved · 466 refused · 368 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Jacksons Place Birtley DH3 1LF
Received 18 Apr 20231 Moore Park Cromwell Street Gateshead NE8 3DY
Received 18 Apr 2023Land To The Rear Of The Stables Galloping Green Road Gateshead NE9 7YD
Received 18 Apr 202338 Ouselaw Kibblesworth Gateshead NE11 0TL
Received 18 Apr 20237 Otterburn Gardens Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4BY
Received 18 Apr 202345 Broom Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4QS
Received 18 Apr 2023B&M Unit 8 Team Valley Retail Park Tenth Avenue West Gateshead NE11 0BD
Received 18 Apr 202328 Holmside Avenue Gateshead NE11 9TJ
Received 18 Apr 2023St Thomas More Catholic School Croftdale Road Blaydon NE21 4BQ
Received 19 Apr 202324 Holly Avenue Winlaton Mill NE21 6SL
Received 18 Apr 2023Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead
Received 19 Apr 2023219A And 221A Coatsworth Road Gateshead NE8 1SR
Received 20 Apr 202341 Fellside Road Whickham NE16 4JT
Received 21 Apr 2023Wingrove Villa Smailes Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 1JF
Received 21 Apr 2023Land To The West Of Sainsburys Supermarket Eleventh Avenue Gateshead Team Valley
Received 24 Apr 202328 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ES
Received 24 Apr 2023Dene House Alumwell Road Gateshead NE9 6BN
Received 24 Apr 202314 St Cuthberts Park Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5ED
Received 24 Apr 2023Ryton Rugby Club Pavilion Main Road Ryton NE40 3AG
Received 24 Apr 2023The Kings House 29 Keppel Street Gateshead NE11 9AR
Received 25 Apr 2023Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 25 Apr 2023North East Concrete Ltd Longshank Lane Birtley Chester Le Street DH3 1QZ
Received 25 Apr 2023108 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5XE
Received 24 Apr 2023Former Wardley Colliery Offices Wardley Lane Felling NE10 8AA
Received 21 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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