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THE NATIONAL TRUST Gibside Walled Garden Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG

DC/19/01263/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 February 2020

Council decision: Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of a polytunnel in the walled garden for a period of three years.

Received
20 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at THE NATIONAL TRUST Gibside Walled Garden Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6BG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2019
Consultation expiry
3 February 2020
Consultation end
3 February 2020
Last date for comments
10 February 2020
Target decision date
13 February 2020
Permission expires
13 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Gibside CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Registered park and garden: Gibside
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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