SUNLIGHT 503 - 505 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5EY
Approved on 10 April 2025
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Non-Material Amendement of Planning Application DC/23/00994/COU to allow changes to the height and orientation of the flue
- Received
- 5 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Low Fell
- Agent
- Marsfen Architecture
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated5 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at SUNLIGHT 503 - 505 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 5EY. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 4 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Low Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- NE9 5EY
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 10 April 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Marsfen Architecture
- Architect profile
- MARSFEN ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- Marsfen Architecture 2 Ferndale Avenue Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 5QE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Richard Smith
- Statutory period
- 37 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Low Fell CA
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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.
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Associated applications
- 20255 Mar
Non-Material Amendement of Planning Application DC/23/00994/COU
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentDC/25/00153/NMA - 202321 Nov
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ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofDC/23/00994/COU
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Gateshead
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