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20 Burdon Park Sunniside Whickham NE16 5HA

DC/20/00713/HHAHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 7 December 2020

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of additional storey to provide first floor level to existing bungalow and construction of two-storey extension to rear elevation.

Received
10 August 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 20 Burdon Park Sunniside Whickham NE16 5HA. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 8 weeks 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 5HA
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2020
Consultation expiry
30 October 2020
Consultation end
27 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2020
Last date for comments
30 October 2020
Target decision date
21 November 2020

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Dunbar
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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