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Ferndene West Park Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 4SP

DC/19/01224/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 25 February 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed single storey side and rear extension (with a hipped gable on the rear extension above the bi-fold door and sprocketed eaves on both side and rear extension to match the original property AS AMENDED 13/2/20).

Received
12 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saltwell
Agent
Bryonn Architecture Limited
  1. Received12 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Ferndene West Park Road Bensham Gateshead NE8 4SP. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Saltwell. 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 4SP
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2020
Consultation expiry
12 February 2020
Consultation end
30 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
1 February 2020
Last date for comments
12 February 2020
Target decision date
2 March 2020
Permission expires
25 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bryonn Architecture Limited
Architect profile
BRYONN ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
314 Aidan House Sunderland Road Gateshead NE8 3HU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 February 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
19
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saltwell CA
  • Article 4 direction: Saltwell Conservation Area Article 4 Direction 1+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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