Former Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9DL
Approved on 31 March 2023
Council decision: Temporary PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Display of 1No externally illuminated large monolith, 1No externally illuminated wall mounted lettering, 1No non-illuminated tri-stack, 2No non-illuminated monolith, 5No non-illuminated fence mounted panels, and 6No 5.5m tall Flagpole advertisements
- Received
- 20 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Dunston Hill And Whickham East
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated25 Jan
- Consult.Consultation16 Feb
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 65 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 70 days, 7 days 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
- 25 January 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2023
- Consultation end
- 16 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 February 2023
- Last date for comments
- 24 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 February 2023
- Site notice end
- 17 March 2023
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Gateshead
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