The High Level Bridge Wellington Street Gateshead
Approved on 27 March 2025
Council decision: Consent GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Installation of additional bridge panels
- Received
- 31 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bridges
- ReceivedReceived31 Jan
- ValidatedValidated31 Jan
- Consult.Consultation14 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The High Level Bridge Wellington Street Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days 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. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.
100% of heritage 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 5LF
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 14 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 March 2025
- Permission expires
- 27 March 2028
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Network Rail
- Agent address
- Network Rail Floor 4B George Stephenson House Toft Green York YO1 6JT United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mark O'Sullivan
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 March 2025
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Mar
Discharge of condition 2 (Demolition Management Plan) of planning application DC/24/00500/DEM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00500/DOC4 - 202622 Jan
Discharge of condition 2 (Demolition Management Plan) of planning application DC/24/00500/DEM
ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/00500/DOC3 - 202324 Mar
LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Bridge repairs including to cast iron elements and bridge deck.
ApprovedListed building consentDC/23/00269/LBC
Source: Gateshead
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