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.
6,928 approved · 496 refused · 395 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
29 Cedars Green Gateshead NE9 6QE
Received 11 Sept 2025The Poplars Dipwood Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1BX
Received 12 Sept 2025Ladbrokes Victoria Square Gateshead Felling NE10 9LX
Received 12 Sept 2025Baltic Business Quarter Multi Storey Car Park Hawks Road Gateshead NE8 3DF
Received 12 Sept 2025Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, Gateshead
Received 12 Sept 2025Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, Gateshead
Received 12 Sept 202510 Dene Avenue Rowlands Gill NE39 1DZ
Received 16 Sept 202589 Parkdale Rise Whickham NE16 5JR
Received 16 Sept 202525 Runnymede Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4LD
Received 16 Sept 2025The Dell Lintzford Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1DG
Received 15 Sept 202511 Lanthwaite Road Gateshead NE9 6TL
Received 11 Sept 202518 Ladyhaugh Drive Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5TE
Received 15 Sept 2025Unit I70 Queensway Gateshead
Received 16 Sept 2025St Mary And St Thomas Aquinas Church Stella Road Ryton NE21 4LR
Received 16 Sept 20256 Ryton Village West Ryton NE40 3QD
Received 17 Sept 20256 Ryton Village West Ryton NE40 3QD
Received 17 Sept 2025Whickham Glebe Sports And Social Club Rose Avenue Whickham Gateshead NE16 4NA
Received 17 Sept 20255 Laburnum Avenue Felling NE10 8HH
Received 9 Sept 202586 Celandine Way Gateshead NE10 8QW
Received 12 Sept 2025Land Between Queen Victoria Street Allotments And Wynn Gardens Felling
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Between Queen Victoria Street Allotments And Wynn Gardens Felling
Received 19 Sept 2025Land Between Queen Victoria Street Allotments And Wynn Gardens Felling
Received 19 Sept 2025Chapel Cottage Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham NE16 6BG
Received 17 Sept 20256 East View Ryton NE40 3SP
Received 19 Sept 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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