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The Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP

DC/21/01291/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 February 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

First floor extension over existing flat roof lounge

Received
27 October 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
Agent
Tony Lister Building Surveyor
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Cottage Pennyfine Road Sunniside Whickham NE16 5EP. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 5EP
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2021
Consultation expiry
18 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
18 December 2021
Last date for comments
20 December 2021
Target decision date
19 January 2022
Permission expires
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tony Lister Building Surveyor
Agent address
The Mews The Mews Axwell Park Blaydon on Tyne NE21 5NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
62 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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