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Former Lucas Services Building Station Approach Earlsway Gateshead NE11 0RQ

DC/09/01299/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 April 2010

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from vehicle repair business (use class B2) to assessment/training centre (use class D1) with external works and including installation of new extract duct and erection of undercover cycle shelter and stands.

Received
1 October 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lamesley
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 182 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Lucas Services Building Station Approach Earlsway Gateshead NE11 0RQ. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 182 days, 17 weeks longer 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 49 applications across Lamesley. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 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
NE11 0RQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2009
Last date for comments
7 December 2009
Target decision date
25 November 2009
Permission expires
1 April 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Generator Studios Trafalgar Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 2LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
26
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.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2010
    26 Apr

    Variation of conditions 2,3,4 and 5 of planning permission DC/09/01299/COU

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/10/00434/FUL
  2. 2009
    1 Oct

    Change of use from vehicle repair business (use class B2) to assessment/training centre (use class D1) with…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/09/01299/COU

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