Fountain View (site Of) Armstrong Street Bensham Gateshead
Approved on 25 March 2004
Council decision: Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Display of 3 x freestanding signs size 1.7 x 0.4m at each entrance, 1 x wall mounted sign size 1.35 x 0.3m on east entrance elevation and 1 x externally illuminated individual lettering reading "FOUNTAIN COURT" sign on north elevation.
- Received
- 5 February 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Lobley Hill And Bensham
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided25 Mar
Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Fountain View (site Of) Armstrong Street Bensham Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks 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.
86% of advertising 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
- Application to Display Adverts
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2004
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2004
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2004
- Permission expires
- 25 March 2009
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 21 High Street Stokesley North Yorkshire TS9 5AD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Fountain at Entrance to Former Gateshead Union Workhouse (Now Demolished)On this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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