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Gibside Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6BG

DC/21/00497/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 August 2021

Council decision: Grant RetrospectiveDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of existing storage shed to class room (Class F.1 Learning and non-residential institutions) and insertion of fire exit door and 6 windows (retrospective)

Received
12 April 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target3 Aug
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Gibside Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 7 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings 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.

94% of amendment 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
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2021
Consultation expiry
29 July 2021
Consultation end
14 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2021
Last date for comments
29 July 2021
Target decision date
3 August 2021
Permission expires
2 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 July 2021
Site notice end
29 July 2021

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
4

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
  • Ancient woodland: Snipes Dene
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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