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.
7,006 approved · 499 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Oakwood Avenue Gateshead NE9 6PR
Received 25 Nov 202524 Waverley Road Gateshead NE9 7TU
Received 25 Nov 2025Claremont Claremont Terrace Bill Quay Felling NE10 0SJ
Received 25 Nov 2025Furrowfield School Whitehill Drive Felling NE10 9RZ
Received 26 Nov 2025Unit 5 Vance Court Dunne Road Blaydon NE21 5NH
Received 18 Nov 2025206 High Street Gateshead NE8 1AQ
Received 27 Nov 2025Meadow View Bradley Hall Farm Ryton NE41 8JP
Received 28 Nov 20258 Holburn Way Ryton NE40 3RT
Received 28 Nov 2025Tesco Express 92 Coatsworth Road Gateshead NE8 1QP
Received 28 Nov 202517 The Mews Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HQ
Received 28 Nov 202513 Coldstream Drive Winlaton NE21 6PP
Received 1 Dec 2025Land Between Queen Victoria Street Allotments And Wynn Gardens Felling
Received 1 Dec 2025The Forge Heathfield Farm Ryton NE40 4JA
Received 1 Dec 202517 Broadpark Felling NE10 8HW
Received 1 Dec 2025The Bensham Jockey 259 Bensham Road Gateshead NE8 1UU
Received 2 Dec 2025Land At Lansbury Drive Elisabethville Birtley
Received 2 Dec 2025Dixon Street Gateshead NE8 2YA
Received 2 Dec 2025176 Knightside Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead NE11 9RP
Received 3 Dec 202555 Park View Avenue Shipcote Gateshead NE9 5EN
Received 3 Dec 2025Beechwood 7 The Avenue Birtley DH3 1AA
Received 4 Dec 202561 Coniston Gardens Gateshead NE9 6XY
Received 4 Dec 2025Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 4 Dec 2025Land East Of Woodside Lane And North Of A695
Received 4 Dec 20253 Knightside Gardens Dunston Hill Gateshead NE11 9RL
Received 5 Dec 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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