South Tyneside Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
South Tyneside Council decided more than 570 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 7% of those it approved or refused, lower than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 46 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on South Tyneside 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).
Figures for South Tyneside Council
| Applications decided | more than 570 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 7%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 46 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | under 1%of more than 200 decided |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 40 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 45%about one in two |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 84plan adopted 2026 |
What inspectors decide appeals on
In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on South Tyneside Council’s planning applications.
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“In its single refusal reason, the Council raised two issues, the effect of the proposal upon the character of the area, and the effect of the proposal upon the residential amenity of occupiers of neighbouring properties. Following my site visit…”
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“The main issues are the effect of the proposed development on: • the character of the area; and • the living conditions of occupiers of nearby properties.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on water quality.”
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“The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the health and wellbeing of the local community.”
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“The appeal site is located within the Green Belt, as identified on the Key Diagram of the South Tyneside Local Development Framework (LDF) Core Strategy (CS). The emerging South Tyneside Local Plan, currently at Regulation 19 stage, proposes no changes…”
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.