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.
7,001 approved · 498 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Sept 2016 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 The Cotgarth Bog House Estate Felling NE10 9UT
Received 14 Nov 202514 Wellington Street Gateshead NE8 2AJ
Received 17 Nov 20256 Cedar Crescent Gateshead NE9 6ER
Received 18 Nov 2025Lyndale House Hollywell Lane Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NJ
Received 19 Nov 2025Lyndale House Hollywell Lane Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5NJ
Received 19 Nov 20251 Oswald Terrace Gateshead NE8 1XU
Received 19 Nov 202515 Dominies Close Rowlands Gill NE39 1PA
Received 18 Nov 2025Dunston Leisure Centre Dunston Bank Gateshead NE11 9PY
Received 19 Nov 2025Leven House Rest Home 323 Market Lane Gateshead NE16 3DZ
Received 19 Nov 202512 Langdale Road Gateshead NE9 5RN
Received 19 Nov 202544 Orchard Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DL
Received 19 Nov 2025Land At End Of Sandygate Drive Marley Hill NE16 5DF
Received 19 Nov 2025Unit 4A Metro Oasis, Metrocentre Gateshead NE11 9ZG
Received 20 Nov 2025Southernwood Trafford Gateshead NE9 6LH
Received 20 Nov 2025Brackendene House Brackendene Drive Gateshead NE9 6DP
Received 20 Nov 2025Land At Harebell Road Beacon Lough Gateshead
Received 21 Nov 2025Land At Church Place Brandling Felling
Received 21 Nov 2025Sheriffs Highway Gateshead
Received 24 Nov 2025The Bungalow Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4EF
Received 24 Nov 202514 Regent Terrace Gateshead NE8 1LU
Received 24 Nov 2025First Impressions 7 Belle Vue Bank Gateshead NE9 6BQ
Received 25 Nov 202548 Cornmoor Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PU
Received 25 Nov 2025Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH
Received 26 Nov 2025Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH
Received 26 Nov 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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