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Dfs Metro Park West Gibside Way Gateshead NE11 9XS

DC/23/00285/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 May 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of four rapid electric vehicle charging stations within car park, six existing parking spaces to become EV charging bays, along with associated equipment (one of the four EV charging bays will be fully accessible, allowing for unrestricted access to one EV charger with 1.2m access on 3 sides of the parking bay).

Received
29 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham North
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Dfs Metro Park West Gibside Way Gateshead NE11 9XS. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 13 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Whickham North. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 postcode area.

91% of full 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 9XS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2023
Consultation expiry
16 May 2023
Consultation end
16 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
12 May 2023
Last date for comments
16 May 2023
Target decision date
24 May 2023
Permission expires
18 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
4

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
  • Brownfield land register: Brewery Bank, SwalwellRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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

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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