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8 Leyburn Place Birtley DH3 1PL

DC/25/00097/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 29 April 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing side off-shoot and the erection of a single storey side/rear extension with associated alteration to elevated rear patio

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lamesley
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 76 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 8 Leyburn Place Birtley DH3 1PL. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 13 days longer 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 49 applications across Lamesley. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 1PL
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lamesley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2025
Consultation expiry
7 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2025
Target decision date
29 April 2025
Permission expires
29 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Independent Living Service, Gateshead Council
Agent address
Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE8 1HH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Rowshon Uddin
Statutory period
76 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
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

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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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Source: Gateshead

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