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.
6,849 approved · 492 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Baltic Square South Shore Road Gateshead Quays Gateshead
Received 29 Apr 2025108 Church Road Gateshead NE9 5XE
Received 29 Apr 2025Heathfield House Durham Road Gateshead
Received 29 Apr 2025213 Dryden Road Gateshead NE9 5DA
Received 30 Apr 20251 Landseer Gardens Gateshead NE9 5NS
Received 30 Apr 2025Unit I70 Queensway Gateshead
Received 30 Apr 2025Trinity Centre High Street Gateshead NE8 1EP
Received 1 May 2025Chatfields DAF Drum Road Chester-le-street Gateshead
Received 1 May 2025Land Rear Of 'The Cottage' Gateshead Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LQ
Received 1 May 2025Land Rear Of 'The Cottage' Gateshead Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LQ
Received 1 May 2025Robins And Day Ltd Peugeot Gateshead Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4YJ
Received 1 May 2025Robins And Day Ltd Peugeot Gateshead Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4YJ
Received 1 May 20252 Bude Gardens Gateshead NE9 6XP
Received 25 Apr 202559 Wynbury Road Gateshead NE9 6TT
Received 29 Apr 20251 Richmond Court Gateshead NE9 5JG
Received 2 May 2025Trinity Centre High Street Gateshead NE8 1EP
Received 5 Nov 2024Trinity Centre High Street Gateshead NE8 1EP
Received 5 Nov 2024Vacant Land Between Centralway And Princesway Gateshead
Received 2 May 2025Angel Care North Ltd The Bungalow Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EF
Received 2 May 20252 Avon Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1AE
Received 5 May 20252 Constables Garth Birtley DH3 1LH
Received 5 May 202516 Jubilee Avenue Gateshead NE9 7HN
Received 5 May 2025Land At South Shore Road Gateshead Quays Gateshead
Received 5 May 2025Vacant Land Between Centralway And Princesway Gateshead
Received 5 May 2025Records 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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