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Saltwell Cemetery Saltwell Road Gateshead

DC/23/00950/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 January 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from allotment to cemetery and the erection of a 1.8 metre fence

Received
6 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saltwell
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 405 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Saltwell Cemetery Saltwell Road Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 434 days, 53 weeks longer 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 33 applications across Saltwell.

94% of amendment 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
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Consultation expiry
8 August 2024
Consultation end
8 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
27 December 2023
Target decision date
13 January 2025
Permission expires
13 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
405 days

Publicity

Site notice end
3 January 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
27
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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, 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.

© 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.

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