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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
9,891Searchable applications
406Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 7,301 approved or refused records
490Refused applications

6,811 approved · 490 refused · 390 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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. DecidedDC/25/00181/HCPL

    Construction of roof dormer window to existing rear elevation

    19 Wansbeck Street Chopwell NE17 7DD

    Received 18 Mar 2025
  2. UnknownDC/25/00182/HHA

    Demolish detached garage and erect a single storey side extension to create a new garage/utility room/living room.

    The Poplars 1 Long Bank Birtley DH3 1PX

    Received 18 Mar 2025
  3. Decided21/00184/DOC9

    Discharge of conditions 7, 15, 21, 28 and part discharge of condition 9 (in relation to Plots 1-30) of Planning Application DC/21/00184/FUL

    Land To The South Of Fletcher Road Gateshead

    Received 19 Mar 2025
  4. UnknownDC/25/00184/TREE

    T1 - Remove 1 large Sitka tree to ground level

    5 Holmewood Drive Rowlands Gill NE39 1EL

    Received 19 Mar 2025
  5. DecidedDC/25/00185/FUL

    Rear single storey extension

    Whickham Play Zone Front Street Nursery School School Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4AD

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  6. DecidedDC/25/00186/HHA

    Demolish existing sun room rear extension and then replace with a new larger one (Amended 18.06.2025)

    3 Whickham Lodge Rise Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4RY

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  7. DecidedDC/25/00187/COU

    Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a four bed residential care home (Class C2), associated external alterations, and erection of a small garden building

    The Kings House 29 Keppel Street Gateshead NE11 9AR

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  8. Decided24/00332/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Lighting Design Strategy), 7 (Bat and Bird Boxes), 11 (PPC - BNG Plan) of Planning Application DC/24/00332/FUL (amended bird/bat box plan received 02.05.2025).

    GB Fuels Ltd Albany Road Gateshead NE8 3BP

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  9. DecidedDC/25/00189/HHA

    Proposed single storey flat roof roof rear extension with roof lantern

    Leddingheugh Claremont Terrace Bill Quay Felling NE10 0SJ

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  10. DecidedDC/25/00190/HHA

    Retrospective application for the demolition of a 2 storey rear extension and the reconstruction of a part 2 storey/part single storey rear extension with succah rooflight

    27 Granville Street Gateshead NE8 4EH

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  11. Awaiting decisionDC/25/00191/TREE

    Holly to be removed as it is undermining and interfering with adjacent sycamore.

    12 Wallace Terrace Ryton NE40 3PL

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  12. DecidedDC/25/00192/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment of planning application DC/21/00184/FUL to allow the removal of the 3no projecting towers of the Moore apartment block and the replacement of cladding with a facing brick finish.

    Land To The South Of Fletcher Road Gateshead

    Received 21 Mar 2025
  13. DecidedDC/25/00193/HHA

    First floor roof extension to bungalow incorporating two pitched roof dormers, single storey side/rear extension

    3 Parkgate Lane Winlaton NE21 6QG

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  14. DecidedDC/25/00194/FUL

    Subdivision of property to form two dwellings, with side extension, internal and external alterations (Amended plans received on 21.07.25, 24.11.25 and 08.01.26). Additional information received on 13.08.2025)

    Wansbeck House Smailes Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 1PG

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  15. DecidedDC/25/00195/HHA

    Side bay window

    1 Primrose Drive Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5DA

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  16. Decided22/00703/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 8 (BNG Plan), 10 (Landscaping) of Planning Application DC/22/00703/FUL.

    The Bensham Jockey 259 Bensham Road Bensham Gateshead Gateshead NE8 1UU

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  17. DecidedDC/25/00197/HHA

    Extension of existing detached garage (as amended 19.09.25)

    21 Millfield Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4QA

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  18. UnknownDC/25/00198/FUL

    Refurbishment and renovation of existing office block. Demolition of existing entrance lobbies and replacement of lobbies on the same footprint. Minor alterations to the existing carparking. (Part-Retrospective)(Amended Plans received

    Ravensworth House And Northumbria House Fifth Avenue Gateshead NE11 0HF

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  19. DecidedDC/25/00199/HHA

    Single storey rear extension (kitchen) that connects to the detached garage in the back garden and conversion of the side undercroft to a habitable space (kitchen) with associated building works (amended 18.06.2025)

    45 Broadmeadows Close Swalwell Whickham NE16 3DD

    Received 24 Mar 2025
  20. DecidedDC/25/00200/HHA

    Remove existing external fire escape staircase from rear gable of property and in its place erect a single storey flat roof extension with above it a new external fire escape staircase

    1 Greens Farm Yard Consett Road Gateshead NE11 0BG

    Received 20 Mar 2025
  21. DecidedDC/25/00202/CPL

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT: Renewal of external windows and doors.

    Brighton Avenue Primary School Brighton Road Gateshead NE8 1XS

    Received 25 Mar 2025
  22. DecidedDC/25/00203/FUL

    Abandonment of existing access and construction of new junction and access road on the north side of Askew Road, and including upgraded footways, new highway embankment at access road, and works to facilitate the changing of Askew Road from dual two lane carriageway to single two way carriageway, a new shared use route and new pedestrian crossing at Askew Road (Part Retrospective) (Amended 11.06.2025, 22.08.2025 and 17.10.2025, additional information 11.07.2025, 25.07.2025 and 04.08.2025)

    St Cuthberts Clearance Area Land Between Askew Road Gateshead

    Received 26 Mar 2025
  23. Awaiting decision23/00739/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Paint Colour) of Planning Application DC/23/00739/HHA.

    305 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AH

    Received 11 Feb 2025
  24. Decided23/00488/DOC1

    Discharge of conditions 4 (CEMP Biodiversity), 5 (Bat Roost and Bird Nesting Features) of Planning Application DC/23/00488/HHA.

    35 Towneley Fields Rowlands Gill NE39 1RB

    Received 27 Feb 2025

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