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Scissor Sisters 2 Dewhurst Terrace Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LP

DC/25/00174/ODPADetermination of Prior Approval - OtherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Works are to convert current office space into 1 first floor residential accommodation. No changes proposed to the external elevations of the building and or structural changes internally as part of the change of use, as per attached floor plans and elevations. Property was previously residential and subject to a change of use to office 5th May 1993 (477/93).

Received
13 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Scissor Sisters 2 Dewhurst Terrace Sunniside Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5LP. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 5 days longer 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 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

92% of outline 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 5LP
Application type
Determination of Prior Approval - Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2025
Consultation expiry
29 April 2025
Consultation end
21 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 April 2025
Target decision date
21 May 2025
Permission expires
20 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Adam Ali
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 April 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
1

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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Aug

    Discharge of condition 4 (NIA) of planning application DC/25/00174/ODPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00174/DOC1
  2. 2025
    13 Mar

    DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Works are to convert current office space into 1 first floor residential…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDC/25/00174/ODPA

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