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Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

DC/21/01236/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of application DC/19/01048/REM (Reserved Matters approval relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of Dunston Hill Hospital and erection of 35 dwellinghouses and associated works (amended 20/11/20, 09/02/21, 04/03/21)) for amendment of layout to include a new shared private drive as well as updated House Type Floor Plans and amendment of landscaping and engineering drawings (additional information received 07/12/21, 25/02/22 , 29/06/22, 12/09/22, 01/12/22, 09/02/23, 27/04/23, 17/05/23 and 16/06/23 and amended 17/01/22, 03/03/22, 12/09/22, 26/09/22, 01/12/22, 09/02/23, 27/04/23, 17/05/23, 16/06/23 and 14/09/23).

Received
13 October 2021
Decision due
3 February 2022
Public comments
4
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 6 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (161)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 October 2021 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 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
NE11 9QT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
35

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2021
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Consultation end
6 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 October 2022
Last date for comments
31 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
David Morton
Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 January 2022

Additional information

Documents
161
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whickham CAPart of the site
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Brownfield land register: Part of Dunston Hill Hosp, Whickham Highway, WhickhamRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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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Source: Gateshead

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