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Unit 5 Contract House Wellington Road Gateshead NE11 9HS

DC/20/00008/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 November 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to drinking establishment and events space including live music and food sales (amended description) (amended plan 24.02.2020)

Received
23 December 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Dunston And Teams
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 308 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 5 Contract House Wellington Road Gateshead NE11 9HS. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 330 days, 38 weeks 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 23 applications across Dunston And Teams. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 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
NE11 9HS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2020
Consultation expiry
20 March 2020
Consultation end
18 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2020
Last date for comments
20 March 2020
Target decision date
9 March 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
18
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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