Dunston Leisure Centre Dunston Bank Gateshead NE11 9PY
Approved on 23 April 2025
Council decision: Temporary PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Installation of a 300-panel solar photovoltaic (PV) array adjacent to the leisure centre building and car park. (Amended 11.03.2025)
- Received
- 4 December 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 21
- Ward
- Dunston Hill And Whickham East
- Agent
- Gradon Architecture
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation1 Apr
- TargetTarget Date25 Apr
- DecidedDecided23 Apr
Decided in 99 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Dunston Leisure Centre Dunston Bank Gateshead NE11 9PY. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 11 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 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
- NE11 9PY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 1 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 April 2025
- Committee meeting
- 16 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 23 April 2050
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Gradon Architecture
- Architect profile
- GRADON ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Gradon Architecture Studio 07, The Curve The Waterfront Newburn Riverside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE158NZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Morton
- Statutory period
- 101 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Whickham CAPart of the site
- Green belt: GatesheadPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Gateshead
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