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Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, Gateshead

DC/24/01184/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 January 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non material amendment to planning permission DC/22/00299/FUL to revise wording of conditions 17 and 18 in relation to stabilisation of southern site boundary wall and for non material internal and external changes to proposed apartment building and bungalows

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridges
Agent
Edwards Architecture
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 14 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Site Of Play Area And Former Sunderland Road Library And Land To The North West Of King James Hospital, Sunderland Road, 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bridges.

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
17 January 2025
Target decision date
14 February 2025
Permission expires
31 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Edwards Architecture
Architect profile
EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Edwards Architecture 5 Brewhouse Bank North Shields North Tyneside NE301LL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Williamson
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Sunderland Rd playground and former Felling LibraryRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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