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.
6,397 approved · 466 refused · 371 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ER
Received 16 Jun 202316 Clockburnsyde Close Whickham NE16 5UR
Received 19 Jun 202310 Grange Drive Ryton NE40 3LF
Received 19 Jun 202315 West Street Gateshead NE8 1DP
Received 20 Jun 20232 Greenwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0DN
Received 20 Jun 202344 Woodlands Park Drive NE21 5PQ
Received 14 Jun 202312 Elsdon Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5HZ
Received 21 Jun 2023Carfax Blaydon Bank Blaydon On Tyne NE21 4AY
Received 21 Jun 202311 Norhurst Whickham NE16 5UX
Received 21 Jun 2023Building 78 In Akzo Nobel Facility Tyne Street Felling NE10 0JY
Received 21 Jun 2023Premier Shop At Ship Inn Unit 3 High Heworth Lane Felling NE10 9XD
Received 21 Jun 202335-36 William Wailes Walk Shipcote Gateshead NE9 5EW
Received 21 Jun 2023The Former Whickham Social Club School Street Whickham Newcastle NE16 4AY
Received 22 Jun 2023Pilgrim Cottage Dunston Bank Gateshead NE11 9QA
Received 20 Jun 2023Curzon Place - Apartments 1-104 Gateshead NE8 2ER
Received 22 Jun 202313 Beaconsfield Road Gateshead NE9 5EU
Received 21 Jun 2023106 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5XE
Received 21 Jun 2023A M Graham Fabrications Atlas Works West View Terrace Gateshead NE11 9EL
Received 22 Jun 2023Elizabeth House 231 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HU
Received 21 Jun 202312 Woodlands Way Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6LG
Received 23 Jun 20232 Barrington Place Gateshead NE8 1XA
Received 23 Jun 20232 Barrington Place Gateshead NE8 1XA
Received 23 Jun 202316 Derwentwater Gardens Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EY
Received 21 Jun 202342 Aspen Close Northside Birtley Gateshead DH3 1FE
Received 23 Jun 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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