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Whickham Glebe Sports And Social Club Rose Avenue Whickham NE16 4NA

DC/23/01097/TDPATelecommunications DPARefused
Prior approval

Refused on 14 February 2024

Council decision: Prior approval required and refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Replacement of the existing 20m floodlight tower with a shareable telecommunications base station installation comprising a 25m lattice tower supporting up to 12 no antennas, up to 4 no dishes and the relocation of the 4 no floodlights, together with up to 6 no ground based equipment cabinets, 3 no meter cabinets and ancillary development thereto including compound fencing. (Amended plans received on 18/01/24 to alter position of lattice tower. Additional information received on 30/01/2024)

Received
22 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham North
Agent
Perry Williams Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Whickham Glebe Sports And Social Club Rose Avenue Whickham NE16 4NA. Gateshead has handled 40 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 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 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

92% of all 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 4NA
Application type
Telecommunications DPA
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
9 February 2024
Consultation end
29 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2024
Target decision date
16 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Perry Williams Ltd
Agent address
Dunkirk Avenue Desborough Northants NN14 6DE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
31 January 2024

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
20
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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