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Site West Of Worley Avenue / South Of Earls Drive Earls Drive (Opposite Numbers 42-62) Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6AA

DC/21/00879/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 17 February 2022

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) with associated accesses, with surrounding gardens, and curtilage areas across remaining parts of site with felling of 5 trees (description amended 05/01/22, amended plans received 05/01/22 and additional information received 06/01/22 and 12/01/2022).

Received
12 July 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
64
Ward
Low Fell
Agent
ANTON LANG PLANNING SERVICES LTD
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target6 Sep
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 220 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Site West Of Worley Avenue / South Of Earls Drive Earls Drive (Opposite Numbers 42-62) Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6AA. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 22 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 81 applications across Low Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 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
NE9 6AA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2021
Consultation expiry
8 February 2022
Consultation end
8 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2022
Last date for comments
8 February 2022
Target decision date
6 September 2021
Committee meeting
16 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
ANTON LANG PLANNING SERVICES LTD
Agent address
ANTON LANG PLANNING SERVICES LTD PO BOX 462 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE NE3 9DY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 February 2022

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00004/REF1
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3294054
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 September 2022Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
70
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Low Fell CA
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 213Covers the site · +3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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