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17 Scholars Close Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5AZ

DC/20/00270/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 3 June 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed garage conversion with the addition of a new bay window to front elevation

Received
23 March 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 17 Scholars Close Marley Hill Whickham NE16 5AZ. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer 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 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 5AZ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2020
Consultation expiry
20 May 2020
Consultation end
28 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2020
Last date for comments
20 May 2020
Target decision date
1 June 2020
Permission expires
3 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
31 Waskerley Close Sunniside NE16 5XX

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 May 2020

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
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: Marley Hill CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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