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.
6,433 approved · 467 refused · 371 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 2016 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 North Dene Birtley DH3 1PZ
Received 14 Jul 2023Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 14 Jul 2023Northern Gas Network Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill
Received 17 Jul 2023Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 17 Jul 202332 Denewell Avenue Gateshead NE9 5HD
Received 16 Jul 2023157 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HR
Received 14 Jul 202369 Greenford Kibblesworth Gateshead NE11 0TW
Received 11 Jul 202352 Sunniside Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NE
Received 18 Jul 2023River Tyne Academy The Millway Centre Millway Gateshead NE9 5PQ
Received 18 Jul 2023Land To The South Of Cushy Cow Lane Ryton Tyne & Wear
Received 18 Jul 2023Stampley Moss Farm House Thornley Lane Blaydon NE21 6LB
Received 19 Jul 2023Woodlands Way Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead
Received 19 Jul 2023Lobley Hill Service Station Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE11 0UH
Received 19 Jul 202312 Leafield Glade Birtley Gateshead DH3 2NP
Received 20 Jul 2023South Of H Beauty 26 - 32 Cameron Walk Metro Centre Gateshead NE11 9YE
Received 20 Jul 202311 Lavender Gardens Gateshead NE9 5TB
Received 20 Jul 202337 Beech Grove Blackhall Mill NE17 7TD
Received 20 Jul 2023Land To The West Of Kyo Lane
Received 21 Jul 202316 King George Avenue Gateshead NE11 9UP
Received 21 Jul 2023Dunedin The Plantation Gateshead NE9 5RL
Received 25 Jul 2023J D Wetherspoon Plc Front Street Whickham Gateshead NE16 4EG
Received 25 Jul 2023Metrocentre Blue Multi-Storey Car Park St Michaels Way Whickham
Received 26 Jul 20233 Elgen Villas Rowlands Gill NE39 1EE
Received 27 Jul 2023101 Knightside Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead NE11 9RN
Received 28 Jul 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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