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Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead

DC/24/00077/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 March 2024

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment of application DC/19/00821/FUL to allow the omission of the front door canopy of plots 1-4 and plots 19-35 fronting onto the north and west of the site, and the reduction of the front door canopy size of plots 5-6, 9-14, and 17-18. Change in design to the remaining canopies to remove support bars.

Received
29 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
Agent
Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East.

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
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2024
Target decision date
15 March 2024
Permission expires
8 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jane Darbyshire & David Kendall Ltd
Agent address
Millmount Ponteland Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE5 3AL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
3

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

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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