Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT
Approved on 20 March 2017
Council decision: ObservationsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Diversion of existing overhead line.
- Received
- 14 December 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Dunston Hill And Whickham East
- ReceivedReceived14 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Mar
Decided in 96 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application at Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT. Gateshead has handled 48 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 5 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.
92% of all 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 9QT
- Application type
- Overhead Electricity Lines
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 December 2016
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2017
- Target decision date
- 25 January 2017
- Permission expires
- 20 March 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whickham CAPart of the site
- Green belt: Gateshead
- Brownfield land register: Part of Dunston Hill Hosp, Whickham Highway, WhickhamRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202520 Jun
Pollard Sycamore tree T1 located in Woodland close to Dunston Hill Hospital site
ApprovedWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaDC/25/00511/TREE - 202113 Oct
Variation of Condition 1 of application DC/19/01048/REM
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)DC/21/01236/FUL - 202124 Feb
Proposed non-material amendment to the wording of Condition 11 of application DC/13/00195/OUT
ApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/21/00239/NMA - 201911 Oct
Application for the approval of reserved matters relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale…
ApprovedReserved mattersDC/19/01048/REM
Source: Gateshead
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