Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council decided more than 890 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 11% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 66 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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28 October 2026 · Approved
Land Across Two Parcels West Of Coalburns Substation To The South West Of The Village Of Greenside And North West Of The Village Of Chopwell · DC/24/00429/FUL
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11 September 2026 · Approved
St Cuthberts Clearance Area Land Between Askew Road Gateshead · DC/24/01060/FUL
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11 September 2026 · Approved
Discover Leisure PLC Portobello Road Birtley DH3 2SN · DC/25/00893/FUL
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11 September 2026 · Approved
Former BAE System Site Ravensworth Road Birtley · DC/26/00333/FUL
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7 August 2026 · Approved
West Farm Kibblesworth Bank Kibblesworth NE11 0JB · DC/22/01009/FUL
Figures for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
| Applications decided | more than 890 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 11%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 66 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | 5%of more than 220 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 65 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 23%about one in four |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2025 |
| Local Plan policies held | more than 110plan adopted 2015 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council’s planning applications.
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“The main issue is the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.”
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“The first main issue is the effect of the proposal on the development strategy for the area with regard to the location of housing. The second is the effect of the proposal on highway safety.”
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“The main issues are: • The effects of the proposed development on the character and appearance of Saltwell Conservation Area with particular reference to subdivision of grounds and loss of trees; and • The effects of the proposed development on…”
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“The main issue in this appeal is the effect of the proposed development on highway safety in the vicinity of the appeal site.”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.