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Burdon Plain Old Sunniside Gateshead Sunniside NE16 5EE

DC/21/00640/TDPATelecommunications DPAApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 June 2021

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

Proposal

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Proposed 20.0m Phase 8 Monopole C/W wrapround Cabinet at base and associated ancillary works.

Received
13 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
  1. Received13 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 47 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Burdon Plain Old Sunniside Gateshead Sunniside NE16 5EE. Gateshead has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 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 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

92% of all 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 5EE
Application type
Telecommunications DPA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2021
Consultation expiry
12 June 2021
Consultation end
10 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
12 June 2021
Last date for comments
14 June 2021
Target decision date
7 July 2021
Permission expires
29 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Limited
Agent address
Troy Mills, Helena House Troy Road Horsforth Leeds LS18 5GN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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