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.
7,013 approved · 499 refused · 399 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Orchard Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DL
Received 5 Dec 2025Unit 1 Team Valley Retail Park Tenth Avenue West Gateshead NE11 0BD
Received 5 Dec 2025Unit 1 Team Valley Retail Park Tenth Avenue West Gateshead NE11 0BD
Received 5 Dec 2025White House Lockhaugh Road Blaydon NE39 1QL
Received 5 Dec 202545 Clover Hill Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5PU
Received 8 Dec 2025Lauderdale Lintzford Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DF
Received 8 Dec 202569 Dryden Road Gateshead NE9 5TR
Received 9 Dec 20252 Eskdale Vigo Chester Le Street DH3 2ER
Received 8 Dec 202540 Cromwell Ford Way Stella Blaydon On Tyne NE21 4FH
Received 8 Dec 2025Lynholme Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1JD
Received 8 Dec 2025Wingrove Villa Smailes Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 1JF
Received 10 Dec 202511 Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HF
Received 10 Dec 2025Existing Garages To The Rear Of 13 Morven Drive
Received 10 Dec 2025Hookergate School Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2BX
Received 9 Dec 2025NCL1 Follingsby Lane Felling NE10 8YA
Received 10 Dec 2025Maingate Car Park Kingsway North Gateshead
Received 11 Dec 202524 St Cuthberts Road Gateshead NE8 2LX
Received 11 Dec 2025Land Bounded By Hyde Park Street, Brighton Road Westminster Street, Dunsmuir Grove, And Rectory Road Gateshead NE8 4QH
Received 12 Dec 20253, 6, 7, 8 Woodbine Place Bensham Gateshead NE8 1RT
Received 12 Dec 2025Blaydon Quarry Lead Road Blaydon NE21 4SX
Received 12 Dec 202565 Tantallon Birtley DH3 2JG
Received 8 Sept 2025East Lodge 15 Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HF
Received 15 Dec 20256 Jubilee Avenue Gateshead NE9 7HN
Received 15 Dec 2025Land To The North Of Askew Road West Gateshead
Received 16 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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