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Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
9,397Searchable applications
404Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 6,909 approved or refused records
467Refused applications

6,442 approved · 467 refused · 371 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.

Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas22 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas5 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified

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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.

More application records

  1. UnknownDC/23/00670/TREE

    Tree works at Ashfield Strathmore Rd

    Ashfield Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1HZ

    Received 28 Jul 2023
  2. DecidedDC/23/00671/HHA

    Kitchen extension to rear, with bedroom accommodation extension to first floor, and relocation of front door

    2 Ringlet Close Gateshead NE11 9NF

    Received 31 Jul 2023
  3. Decided22/00203/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Schedule Masonry Works), 5 (Cleaning Methodology), and 7 (Paint Specification) on planning application DC/22/00203/LBC

    The Tyne Bridge High Street Gateshead Gateshead NE8 2FD

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  4. UnknownDC/23/00674/TREE

    Prune back two ash trees and a sycamore tree at 7 Worley Avenue

    7 Worley Avenue Gateshead NE9 6AL

    Received 8 Aug 2023
  5. DecidedDC/23/00675/HHA

    Side and rear single storey extension and front bow windows

    9 Kinross Court Felling NE10 0TZ

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  6. DecidedDC/23/00676/HHA

    Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of side extension

    5 High Horse Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1AN

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  7. DecidedDC/23/00677/HHA

    Proposed single storey rear extension

    5 Camborne Park Shipcote Gateshead NE8 4EG

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  8. DecidedDC/23/00679/FUL

    Installation of a single storey temporary Portakabin building to provide sixth form class facilities for a temporary period of two years.

    Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School Market Lane Gateshead NE11 9NX

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  9. Decided22/01326/DOC1

    Discharge of planning conditions 4 (Demolition Construction Ecology Method Statement DCEcMS) and 47 (External Lighting) of planning approval DC/22/01326/FUL for 49 houses.

    Hookergate School Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2BX

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  10. UnknownDC/23/00681/TREE

    Ash tree located within the property fell to ground level (Ash Die Back)

    The Old Rectory Ryton Village Ryton NE40 3QP

    Received 31 Jul 2023
  11. DecidedDC/23/00682/HHA

    Removal of existing 2 storey rear bay window replaced with 2 storey rear extension with flat roof and Juliette balcony to first floor.

    29 Denewell Avenue Gateshead NE9 5HD

    Received 1 Aug 2023
  12. DecidedDC/23/00683/HHA

    Rear first, second storey extension and pitched roof dormer to side.

    3 Jacksons Place Birtley DH3 1LF

    Received 2 Aug 2023
  13. DecidedDC/23/00684/ADV

    Proposed installation of freestanding, illuminated 48-sheet digital display screen.

    Land At Askew Road Gateshead NE8 2TD

    Received 2 Aug 2023
  14. Awaiting decisionDC/23/00686/TREE

    To fell two conifers and one damaged Laburnum in rear garden

    Woodcroft 22 Saltwell Road South Gateshead NE9 6DT

    Received 24 Jul 2023
  15. DecidedDC/23/00687/HHA73

    Proposed extension and new roof to existing outbuilding and conversion to home office/ temporary accommodation. Replace existing shed roof with a new timber roof with a rubber roof membrane.

    21 Church Rise Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4BU

    Received 3 Aug 2023
  16. UnknownDC/23/00688/TREE

    Removal of laburnum branch at Gibside Chapel National Trust

    Gibside Chapel National Trust Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham

    Received 3 Aug 2023
  17. DecidedDC/23/00689/FUL

    Proposed creation compound area, comprising of three storage containers, laying of hard surfacing and erection of 2.1 metre high palisade boundary fence (amended 14/09/23, 17/10/23 and 25/03/24).

    BRITISH TELECOM Blaydon Telephone Exchange Shibdon Road Blaydon On Tyne NE21 5QD

    Received 4 Aug 2023
  18. DecidedDC/23/00690/TPO

    Existing Sycamore Tree: Crown lift to 10ft. Remove bough protruding off (south) to maintain tree in a safe condition. Bough is encroaching on and restricting light to adjacent neighbouring property (11 Chester's Park).Existing Horse Chestnut Tree: Crown lift to 10ft. to maintain tree in a safe condition and to enable additional light and open up garden onto larger corner area (mainly to direction north).

    28 Heathfield Place Gateshead NE9 5AS

    Received 4 Aug 2023
  19. DecidedDC/23/00691/FUL

    Conversion of dwellinghouse into 2no. flats.

    61 Faraday Grove Gateshead NE8 4UL

    Received 3 Aug 2023
  20. Awaiting decisionDC/23/00692/HEDGE

    High Hedge Complaint: Complaint regarding hedge along boundary with 15 Littledene

    14 Littledene Gateshead NE9 5AF

    Received 2 Aug 2023
  21. DecidedDC/23/00693/ADV

    Additional external branding, logo and wayfinding (amended 24.8.23, 25.9.23 and 5.10.23)

    The Sage Gateshead St Marys Square Gateshead NE8 2JR

    Received 8 Aug 2023
  22. UnknownDC/23/00694/TREE

    Ash fell at Gibside Estate Yard

    Gibside Chapel National Trust Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham

    Received 7 Aug 2023
  23. UnknownDC/23/00695/TREE

    One large limb/stem on a lapsed ash coppice to be removed at Gibside Yurt Village

    Gibside Chapel National Trust Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham

    Received 7 Aug 2023
  24. UnknownDC/23/00696/TREE

    Tree works at Gibside riverside

    Gibside Chapel National Trust Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham

    Received 7 Aug 2023

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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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