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Site Bounded By Mill Road, Hawks Road And South Shore Road Gateshead

DC/23/00275/FULEIA Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 July 2023

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of an indoor events arena, conference and exhibition centre including meeting rooms and associated facilities, provision of drinking establishments, retail and leisure floorspace, and outside performance square with landscaping, public realm and infrastructure works as well as associated engineering operations, security measures and signalised crossings.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
1
Ward
Bridges
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 106 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Bounded By Mill Road, Hawks Road And South Shore Road Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 165 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bridges.

92% of outline 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
EIA Full Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation expiry
22 June 2023
Consultation end
22 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
5 May 2023
Last date for comments
22 June 2023
Target decision date
19 July 2023
Committee meeting
12 July 2023
Permission expires
13 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Saint Nicholas Building Saint Nicholas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1RF

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Williamson
Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 April 2023
Site notice end
16 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
551
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Coal DropsOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: The Point, Fletcher Rd, GatesheadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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