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The Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP

DC/19/00959/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 February 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of two storey detached dwelling with associated off-street parking and turning head (amended plans received 26.01.19)

Received
13 September 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 115 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 13 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 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
NE16 5EP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2019
Consultation expiry
20 November 2019
Consultation end
18 November 2019
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2019
Last date for comments
20 December 2019
Target decision date
16 December 2019
Permission expires
14 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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