Former BAE System Site Ravensworth Road Birtley

22/00125/DOC2Discharge of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Partial

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 35 (CEMP), 38 (GCN Method Statement) and 51 (Remediation Strategy) of planning application DC/22/00125/FUL.

Received: 12 November 2025
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birtley

ReceivedReceived12 Nov
ValidatedValidated14 Nov
Consult.Consultation11 Dec
TargetTarget Date9 Jan
DecidedDecided12 Feb

Decided in 90 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former BAE System Site Ravensworth Road Birtley. Gateshead has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 4 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Birtley.

94% of conditions 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: Discharge of Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 November 2025
Consultation expiry: 11 December 2025
Consultation end: 11 December 2025
Target decision date: 9 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Mark O'Sullivan
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
19 May
Removal of conditions 70 (off-site noise mitigation verification), 71 (retention of off-site noise…
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/26/00333/FUL

Source: Gateshead

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