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Tyneside Locomotive Museum Trust Tanfield Railway, St Andrews Burdon Plain Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE16 5ET

DC/05/01452/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 November 2005

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of portal frame shed for restoration of railway carriages and wagons.

Received
14 September 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Tyneside Locomotive Museum Trust Tanfield Railway, St Andrews Burdon Plain Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE16 5ET. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

91% of full 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
NE16 5ET
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2005
Last date for comments
13 October 2005
Target decision date
8 November 2005
Permission expires
8 November 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Clough Dene Tantobie Stanley DH9 9PW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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