662 Durham Road Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE9 6JA

DC/08/00522/COUChange of UseApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 June 2008

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from residential use to commercial use (B1 office).

Received: 7 May 2008
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Low Fell

ReceivedReceived7 May
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation18 Jun
TargetTarget Date1 Jul
DecidedDecided30 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 662 Durham Road Low Fell Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE9 6JA. Gateshead has handled 292 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, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6JA
Application type: Change of Use
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2008
Last date for comments: 18 June 2008
Target decision date: 1 July 2008
Permission expires: 30 June 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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