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Papermill Cottages Mount Escob Farm Birtley DH9 0SA

DC/15/01034/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 6 October 2017

Council decision: Final Disposal of applicationDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Former first floor storage to residential usage adjacent to main dwelling.

Received
7 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lamesley
  1. Received7 Oct
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.21 Dec
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 730 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Papermill Cottages Mount Escob Farm Birtley DH9 0SA. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 730 days, 95 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Lamesley. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
DH9 0SA
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lamesley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2015
Last date for comments
21 December 2015
Target decision date
1 December 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
171 Queen Alexandra Road Barnes Sunderland Tyne And Wear SR3 1XN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Source: Gateshead

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