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.
7,017 approved · 499 refused · 400 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Located Between Tyne Road And The A189 And Second At Land To North Of Junction With Wolseley Close And Askew Road West.
Received 16 Dec 2025Land At Former Windhill School Site Fronting Bensham Road
Received 16 Dec 2025Vacant Land Opposite Junction Of Lansbury Drive And Elisabeth Avenue
Received 16 Dec 2025Site At Crowhall Towers Crowhall Lane
Received 16 Dec 2025Land At Sir Godfrey Thomson Court And Split Row Court
Received 16 Dec 2025Land At Dunston Hill, Opposite Whickham Highway And Car Park
Received 16 Dec 2025The Chesters Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5AJ
Received 17 Dec 20256 Ryton Village West Ryton NE40 3QD
Received 18 Dec 20256 Ryton Village West Ryton NE40 3QD
Received 18 Dec 2025Land Between Kingsway South And Sainsbury's Eleventh Avenue Gateshead
Received 19 Dec 2025MH Southern Green Lane Felling Gateshead NE10 0JS
Received 19 Dec 2025Hookergate School Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2BX
Received 22 Dec 2025Washington Metalworks Limited Bath Road Felling Gateshead NE10 0LH
Received 22 Dec 2025Unit 17B Follingsby Park Follingsby Lane Felling NE10 8YA
Received 22 Dec 2025Former Bleach Green Site (Maple, Sycamore, Hazel, Birch, Elm And Larch Roads) Blaydon
Received 11 Dec 2025Brantwood Sunniside Road Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5AA
Received 23 Dec 2025Land Between Queen Victoria Street Allotments And Wynn Gardens Felling
Received 23 Dec 2025Power League Ropery Road Gateshead NE8 2HD
Received 23 Dec 2025The Laurels Strathmore Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1JD
Received 2 Jan 2026105 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5XY
Received 2 Jan 2026The Ark Main Road Ryton NE40 3UG
Received 2 Jan 202665 Cornmoor Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PY
Received 7 Jan 202633 Runhead Estate Ryton NE40 3HS
Received 4 Jan 202668 Inskip Terrace Gateshead NE8 4AJ
Received 8 Jan 2026Records 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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