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Derwentwater Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2HB

23/00949/DOC1Discharge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 March 2025

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 4 (PCC Archaeological Fieldwork), and 21 (PCC Coal Mining Report) of Planning Application DC/23/00949/FUL (description amended 31.03.2025).

Received
3 February 2025
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
Agent
HMH Architects Ltd
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Derwentwater Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2HB. Gateshead has handled 235 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker 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. 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 2HB
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation expiry
6 March 2025
Consultation end
6 March 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025
Permission expires
31 March 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HMH Architects Ltd
Architect profile
HMH ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Design Works William Street Felling Gateshead NE10 0JP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Dunbar
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
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.

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.

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