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The High Level Bridge Wellington Street Gateshead

DC/23/00269/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 19 May 2023

Council decision: Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Bridge repairs including to cast iron elements and bridge deck.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridges
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at The High Level Bridge Wellington Street Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bridges.

100% of heritage 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

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Consultation expiry
17 May 2023
Consultation end
8 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2023
Last date for comments
17 May 2023
Target decision date
19 May 2023
Permission expires
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Network Rail
Agent address
Floor 3a George Stephenson House Toft Green York YO1 6JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
17 May 2023
Site notice end
9 May 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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