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12 Elm Street West Sunniside Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE16 5LT

DC/08/00281/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 April 2008

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Provision of a first floor over the existing side extension and installation of dormer windows in roofspace at front and rear of dwellinghouse (one dormer window at rear) Amended 15 April 2008

Received
27 February 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 12 Elm Street West Sunniside Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE16 5LT. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5LT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2008
Last date for comments
31 March 2008
Target decision date
22 April 2008
Permission expires
21 April 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

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. 2006
    13 Oct

    Erection of conservatory at rear of dwellinghouse.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/06/01642/FUL

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