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The Lunch King Ltd 636 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6JA

DC/20/00054/CDPADetermination of Prior Approval - ChangeApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 March 2020

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Change of use from shop use (Class A1) to cafe (Class A3)

Received
17 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Low Fell
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Lunch King Ltd 636 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6JA. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 2 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Low Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

92% of outline 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
NE9 6JA
Application type
Determination of Prior Approval - Change
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2020
Consultation expiry
17 February 2020
Consultation end
17 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
14 February 2020
Last date for comments
17 February 2020
Target decision date
12 March 2020
Permission expires
5 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Low Fell CA
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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