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St Johns Ambulance 141 Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4XB

DC/17/00356/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 June 2017

Council decision: Grant RetrospectiveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from vehicle repair and car show room to operative hub for St John Ambulance, including 87m2 workshop extension (retrospective).

Received
1 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
Agent
Vail Williams LLP
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated3 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Johns Ambulance 141 Lobley Hill Road Gateshead NE8 4XB. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 13 days 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 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 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
NE8 4XB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 April 2017
Last date for comments
15 May 2017
Target decision date
28 May 2017
Permission expires
16 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vail Williams LLP
Agent address
550 Thames Valley Park Reading RG6 1RA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
5

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.

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. 2017
    1 Aug

    REMOVAL OF CONDITION 1 (opening hours) from permission DC/17/00356/COU

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/17/00848/FUL
  2. 2017
    1 Apr

    Change of use from vehicle repair and car show room to operative hub for St John Ambulance, including 87m2…

    This applicationApprovedAmendmentDC/17/00356/COU

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