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.
6,503 approved · 471 refused · 376 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Former Freight Depot St James Road Gateshead NE8 3EQ
Received 10 Nov 2023Canonbury Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1HX
Received 10 Nov 2023125 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5XY
Received 13 Nov 20232 Castle Hill Cottages Crawcrook Lane Ryton NE41 8JE
Received 13 Nov 2023Hill Head Farm Pennyfine Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5EN
Received 13 Nov 20231 Brackendene Park Gateshead NE9 6BW
Received 13 Nov 20239 Hazelwood Close Gateshead NE9 7JA
Received 14 Nov 202314 Ashtrees Gardens Gateshead NE9 5BJ
Received 14 Nov 2023Woodthorn Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1HZ
Received 14 Nov 2023Supershine Car Wash Tyne View House Askew Road West Gateshead NE8 2JX
Received 15 Nov 2023Dryden Court Gateshead NE9 5BY
Received 13 Nov 2023Derelict Building Formerly The Malting House Carlisle Street Felling NE10 0HQ
Received 15 Nov 2023Former Wardley Colliery Wardley Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 8AA
Received 13 Nov 20233 Avondale Terrace Gateshead NE8 4NE
Received 9 Nov 202314 Morven Drive Felling NE10 0TW
Received 10 Nov 202311 Windsor Close Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5SX
Received 13 Nov 20232 Bute Road North Rowlands Gill NE39 2AS
Received 13 Nov 2023The Old Rectory Ryton Village Ryton NE40 3QP
Received 16 Nov 202318 Burnthouse Lane Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5AW
Received 20 Nov 202377 Alwinton Gardens Gateshead NE11 0AP
Received 20 Nov 202329 Denewell Avenue Gateshead NE9 5HD
Received 20 Nov 2023Dalreoch Shibdon Bank Blaydon NE21 5AX
Received 20 Nov 202379 Durham Road Gateshead NE8 4AP
Received 20 Nov 2023503 - 505 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5EY
Received 21 Nov 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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