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South Bank Building Kingsway South Gateshead NE11 0JS

DC/22/00314/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 August 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing offices to medical examination assessment centre with associated internal and external alterations including enclosure of rear car park with 1.8m high timber fence, automated cark park barrier and access control system, ramps and external plant and screen on roof

Received
28 March 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided23 Aug

Decided in 103 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at South Bank Building Kingsway South Gateshead NE11 0JS. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 12 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.

94% of amendment 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 0JS
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2022
Consultation expiry
24 August 2022
Consultation end
24 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 June 2022
Last date for comments
24 August 2022
Target decision date
24 August 2022
Permission expires
23 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gleeds
Agent address
Q11, Quorum Business Park Benton Lane Newcastle upon Tyne NE12 8BU undefined

Planning decision

Statutory period
104 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.

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