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Strettle Memorials 315 Saltwell Road Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE8 4TN

DC/13/00776/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 October 2013

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing funeral showroom and replacement with new single storey funeral/memorial sales/office/showroom and storage building.

Received
19 August 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saltwell
Agent
R & K Wood Planning LLP
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target13 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Strettle Memorials 315 Saltwell Road Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE8 4TN. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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 33 applications across Saltwell. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 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
NE8 4TN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2013
Last date for comments
9 September 2013
Target decision date
13 October 2013
Permission expires
14 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
R & K Wood Planning LLP
Agent address
1 Meadowfield Court Meadowfield Ind. Est. Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 9SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    23 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Access road details), 5 (Laying out parking bays and footpath), 6 (Cycle parking)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions13/00776/DOC1
  2. 2013
    19 Aug

    Demolition of existing funeral showroom and replacement with new single storey funeral/memorial…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/13/00776/FUL

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