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Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, Gateshead

22/00299/DOC10Discharge of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 8 (Drainage Scheme) and 10 (DCMS) of planning application DC/22/00299/FUL.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision due
8 May 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 22 October 2026
Ward
Bridges
Agent
Edwards Architecture
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 21 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (11)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 235 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bridges. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NE8 1AG
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Edwards Architecture
Architect profile
EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
5 Brewhouse Bank North Shields North Tyneside NE301LL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Williamson
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
3

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

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

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    23 Dec

    Non material amendment to planning permission DC/22/00299/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/24/01184/NMA

Source: Gateshead

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