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Gateshead

In the last 12 months, 93.4% of householder applications were approved in Gateshead (229 decided). A typical householder decision takes about thirteen weeks (median 88 days).

Full planning applications: 78.9% approved (128 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-01-27–2026-06-19): 91.4% of 1,929 decisions approved.

3,008Total applications
1,764Approved
165Refused
91Withdrawn
476Pending
91.4%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
2,069Delegated Items
939Not Available
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 809 776 33
95.9%
Full Planning Application 328 271 57
82.6%
Discharge of Conditions 274 262 12
95.6%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 127 126 1
99.2%
Tree Works (TPO) 102 99 3
97.1%
Change of Use 81 62 19
76.5%
Demolition 47 46 1
97.9%
Listed Building Consent 47 44 3
93.6%
Prior Approval (Other) 43 30 13
69.8%
GPD - Extensions 21 20 1
95.2%
Telecommunications 21 15 6
71.4%
Advertisement Consent 15 0 15
0.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 6 6 0
100.0%
Reserved Matters 2 2 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 2 1 1
50.0%
Variation S106 1 1 0
100.0%
Householder Non-Material Amendment 1 1 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 1 1 0
100.0%
Determination of Prior App Other 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 128 125
97.7%
2023-Q4 142 129
90.8%
2024-Q1 159 149
93.7%
2024-Q2 151 136
90.1%
2024-Q3 176 166
94.3%
2024-Q4 154 135
87.7%
2025-Q1 152 139
91.4%
2025-Q2 186 176
94.6%
2025-Q3 195 178
91.3%
2025-Q4 168 147
87.5%
2026-Q1 149 128
85.9%
2026-Q2 80 72
90.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Bridges 162 146 16
90.1%
Dunston Hill And Whickham East 149 135 14
90.6%
Lamesley 141 130 11
92.2%
Whickham South And Sunniside 139 130 9
93.5%
Whickham North 121 112 9
92.6%
Low Fell 118 105 13
89.0%
Ryton Crookhill And Stella 109 105 4
96.3%
Lobley Hill And Bensham 106 94 12
88.7%
Winlaton And High Spen 96 86 10
89.6%
Chopwell And Rowlands Gill 93 87 6
93.5%
Blaydon 89 81 8
91.0%
Crawcrook And Greenside 82 78 4
95.1%
Planning guides

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