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.
6,449 approved · 470 refused · 371 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4A Millfield Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4QA
Received 15 Aug 202326 Redesdale Gardens Gateshead NE11 9XH
Received 16 Aug 202317 Winslow Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6HH
Received 11 Aug 2023Land To The South Of Cushy Cow Lane Ryton Tyne & Wear
Received 16 Aug 2023York Road Chip Shop 28 York Road Birtley DH3 2BD
Received 14 Aug 2023Land Bounded By Hawks Road To The North And Quarryfield Road To The West Gateshead Quays Gateshead
Received 17 Aug 2023Arch 1 Tyne Bridge Approach High Street Gateshead NE8 2AS
Received 17 Aug 2023Land Bound By Kingsway North And Second Avenue Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0JU
Received 17 Aug 2023Former Wardley Colliery Wardley Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 8AA
Received 15 Aug 202319 Cornforth Close Felling NE10 8SN
Received 18 Aug 2023Park Cottage School Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4SL
Received 17 Aug 20231 Pentland Gardens Gateshead NE11 9JY
Received 18 Aug 2023Haining Bank Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1JA
Received 17 Aug 2023East Of Former House Of Fraser Store (Unit 65B) And North Of St Michaels Way Metro Centre Gateshead
Received 18 Aug 2023305 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AH
Received 18 Aug 202320 Poplar Crescent Birtley DH3 1EH
Received 22 Aug 2023Land Adjacent To 6 Hopedene Leam Lane Estate Felling Gateshead NE10 8JB
Received 22 Aug 2023Site Of Former Social Club Gretna Terrace Felling
Received 22 Aug 2023Bell Truck And Van Kingsway North Team Valley Trading Estate Gateshead NE11 0JH
Received 22 Aug 2023Between Darlington And Stockton-on-Tees
Received 5 May 202342 Aspen Close Northside Birtley Gateshead DH3 1FE
Received 23 Aug 2023Moorfield 58 Main Road Ryton NE40 3AJ
Received 24 Aug 202333 Parklands Felling NE10 8YP
Received 24 Aug 202317 Burnthouse Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5AW
Received 24 Aug 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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