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Former Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9DL

DC/22/00228/ADVApplication to Display AdvertsApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 21 June 2022

Council decision: Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Advertisement for sales area and signage at Story Homes proposed Housing Development for 1 x floodlit Totem sign, 1 x Marketing Suite Sign, 7 x Standalone Flag Poles and Flags, 1 x Marketing Suite Goalpost Fascia,1 x Tri-Stack, 1 x House Type Signs, 1 x Double Sided Stack, 2 x Visitor Parking Signs and 1 x Health and Safety Sign (amended 25/05/22).

Received
2 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 110 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Former Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9DL. Gateshead has handled 222 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 7 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

86% of advertising 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 9DL
Application type
Application to Display Adverts
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2022
Consultation expiry
17 June 2022
Consultation end
17 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2022
Last date for comments
17 June 2022
Target decision date
22 June 2022
Permission expires
21 June 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
111 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 June 2022

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whickham CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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.

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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