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National Trust Souvenir Shop Cafe And Offices Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham NE16 6BG

DC/23/00464/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 August 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of external air conditioning unit to market place cafe with the retention of external storage area (part retrospective).

Received
2 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 60 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at National Trust Souvenir Shop Cafe And Offices Hillhead Lane Byermoor Whickham NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 11 days longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 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
NE16 6BG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023
Consultation expiry
26 July 2023
Consultation end
14 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2023
Last date for comments
26 July 2023
Target decision date
16 August 2023
Permission expires
15 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 July 2023
Site notice end
18 July 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Source: Gateshead

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