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St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Primary School Ellison Road Dunston Gateshead NE8 2QU

DC/15/00656/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 October 2015

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing preschool and lean-to extension and erection of classroom extension, new canopied and gated pupil entrance between the presbytery building and classroom block and modification of existing visitor entrance to east of presbytery building to allow for disabled access ramp.

Received
29 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunston And Teams
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 115 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Philip Neri Roman Catholic Primary School Ellison Road Dunston Gateshead NE8 2QU. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 7 weeks longer 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 23 applications across Dunston And Teams. 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 2QU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2015
Last date for comments
21 October 2015
Target decision date
23 August 2015
Permission expires
22 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
ADP
Agent address
First Floor Cathedral Buildings Dean Street Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Tyne And Wear (Met County) NE1 1PG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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