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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
9,950Searchable applications
406Recorded as pending
93%Approval rate · 7,351 approved or refused records
492Refused applications

6,859 approved · 492 refused · 391 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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/25/00364/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment of Planning Application DC/25/00031/FUL to allow for 2No existing windows to be enlarged and 4No smoke vents added to roof

    Southernwood Trafford Gateshead NE9 6LH

    Received 15 May 2025
  2. DecidedDC/25/00366/FUL

    Installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and associated infrastructure.

    Vacant Land Adjacent Morris Marble Works Cross Lane Gateshead

    Received 15 May 2025
  3. UnknownDC/25/00367/TREE

    Tree works at South View Felling

    South View Crowhall Lane Felling

    Received 16 May 2025
  4. DecidedDC/25/00368/HHA

    Proposed pitched roof dormer to front and rear roof slope, proposed two storey extension to existing offshoot and porch extension(amended plans received 25.11.2025)

    136 Whitehall Road Gateshead NE8 1TP

    Received 16 May 2025
  5. Awaiting decisionDC/25/00369/TPO

    Group works - Cupressocyparis leylandii - managed as a hedge on adjacent homeowners side, limbs extend 1.5m into property and within 1m of dwelling - crown reduction back to boundary and manage as a hedgeB012614005 - Acer pseudoplatanus - Tree has a significant lean overhanging footpath and road with minimal correction in the crown. If retained the tree will keep growing out in this direction - Dismantle to ground level

    1 Underhill Gateshead NE9 5XG

    Received 16 May 2025
  6. DecidedDC/25/00370/HCPL

    Single storey rear extension

    79 Beech Drive Gateshead NE11 9PD

    Received 16 May 2025
  7. DecidedDC/25/00371/HHA

    Proposed two storey side and rear extension and single storey rear extension with raised timber decking

    6 Cleasby Gardens Gateshead NE9 5HL

    Received 16 May 2025
  8. Decided22/01114/DOC5

    Discharge of conditions 24(Bat + Bird features) of Planning Application DC/22/01114/FUL (amended 06.08.2025)

    Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH

    Received 16 May 2025
  9. DecidedDC/25/00373/TPO

    Tree works at lands Wood to rear of Manor Terrace.

    STREET RECORD Manor Terrace

    Received 16 May 2025
  10. DecidedDC/25/00374/HCPL

    PROPOSED DORMER COVERED UNDER PD.

    65 Parkfield Ryton NE40 3RL

    Received 16 May 2025
  11. DecidedDC/25/00375/HHALB

    Proposals for the construction of a garden room extension, bay window, car port, internal alterations & landscaping proposals.

    Brackendene House Brackendene Drive Gateshead NE9 6DP

    Received 19 May 2025
  12. DecidedDC/25/00376/LBC

    Proposals for the construction of a garden room extension, bay window, car port, internal alterations & landscaping proposals.

    Brackendene House Brackendene Drive Gateshead NE9 6DP

    Received 19 May 2025
  13. Decided23/00610/DOC11

    Discharge of Conditions 3(Construction Management Plan) of Planning Application DC/23/00610/FUL

    Robins And Day Ltd Peugeot Gateshead Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4YJ

    Received 19 May 2025
  14. UnknownDC/25/00378/TREE

    Tree works at 21 Cedar Crescent

    21 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ER

    Received 19 May 2025
  15. UnknownDC/25/00379/TREE

    Tree works at 8 Cedar Crescent

    8 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ER

    Received 19 May 2025
  16. UnknownDC/25/00380/TREE

    Tree works at 9 Cedar Crescent

    9 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ER

    Received 19 May 2025
  17. DecidedDC/25/00381/TPO

    T1 Ash - prune to previous points T2 Sycamore - prune to previous points T3 Sycamore - prune to previous points T4 Sycamore - prune to previous points

    28 Foxhills Covert Whickham NE16 5TN

    Received 19 May 2025
  18. DecidedDC/25/00382/LBC

    Proposed internal and external alterations associated with change of use from offices (Class E) to a 7 bed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (amended plans received 19.06.2025).

    13 Regent Terrace Gateshead NE8 1LU

    Received 19 May 2025
  19. DecidedDC/25/00383/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment of Planning Application DC/25/00019/FUL to allow for the submission of further details of external staircase provided by staircase design specialist.

    Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Gateshead NE9 6SX

    Received 19 May 2025
  20. DecidedDC/25/00384/COU

    Proposed change of use from offices (Class E) to a 7 bed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis) with associated internal and external alterations (amended plans received 19.06.2025).

    13 Regent Terrace Gateshead NE8 1LU

    Received 19 May 2025
  21. DecidedDC/25/00386/HHA

    1.8m High Boundary Fence with Gated Access (retrospective)

    91 Windsor Road Birtley DH3 1PQ

    Received 20 May 2025
  22. DecidedDC/25/00387/HHA

    Front porch extension (as amended 15 August 2025)

    3 Elm Street West Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LT

    Received 20 May 2025
  23. DecidedDC/25/00388/HHA

    Demolition of existing side extension and construction of two storey side extension, as well as work to boundary treatment

    110 Longrigg Felling NE10 8PJ

    Received 15 May 2025
  24. DecidedDC/25/00389/NPA

    DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Installation of roof mounted solar PV array (575.1 kWp).

    Birtley Building Products Ltd Mary Avenue Birtley DH3 1JF

    Received 21 May 2025

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What these statistics cover

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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