Gibside Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG

DC/23/00768/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 18 October 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Replacement play equipment within the existing play area at National Trust Gibside

Received: 28 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Whickham South And Sunniside

ReceivedReceived28 Aug
ValidatedValidated13 Sep
Consult.Consultation5 Oct
TargetTarget Date8 Nov
DecidedDecided18 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Gibside Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications 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: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 12 October 2023
Consultation end: 5 October 2023
Last date for comments: 12 October 2023
Target decision date: 8 November 2023
Permission expires: 18 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 11 October 2023
Site notice end: 12 October 2023

Additional information

Documents: 15
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Gibside CA
Green belt: Gateshead
Registered park and garden: Gibside
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 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Gateshead

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