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592 Back Durham Road Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE9 6HX

DC/04/01708/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 February 2005

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from garage workshop to 2 x one bedroom apartments (as amended 25.1.05) and retrospective erection of fencing and gates around car parking area, located opposite.

Received
4 October 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
2
Ward
Low Fell
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 136 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 592 Back Durham Road Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE9 6HX. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 10 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Low Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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
NE9 6HX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2004
Last date for comments
14 March 2005
Target decision date
28 November 2004
Committee meeting
2 February 2005
Permission expires
17 February 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Low Fell CA
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    30 Jan

    Conversion of garage workshop to 2 flats (use class C3).

    WithdrawnChange of UseDC/06/00064/COU

Source: Gateshead

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