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Fountain View (site Of) Armstrong Street Bensham Gateshead

1458/02Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 February 2003

Council decision: Grant

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of day centre building and erection of 40 very sheltered flats in 1 x 2-storey block with communal facilities and associated car parking and landscaping (use class C3).

Received
27 November 2002
Public comments
5
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 69 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Fountain View (site Of) Armstrong Street Bensham Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham.

91% of full applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2002
Target decision date
22 January 2003
Permission expires
4 February 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 High Street Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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