Skip to content

St Helens Church Belle Vue Bank Gateshead NE9 6BR

DC/25/00241/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 June 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Proposal

Proposed addition of ramp access and handrail to main entrance of St Helens Church.

Received
2 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Low Fell
Agent
Doonan Architects Ltd
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.11 Jun
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 85 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Helens Church Belle Vue Bank Gateshead NE9 6BR. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

91% of full applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
NE9 6BR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025
Consultation expiry
25 June 2025
Consultation end
11 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 June 2025
Target decision date
19 June 2025
Permission expires
26 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Doonan Architects Ltd
Architect profile
DOONAN ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
16 Hallstile Bank Hexham NE46 3PQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Dunbar
Statutory period
78 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 June 2025
Site notice end
11 June 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Saltwell CA
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Church of St HelenOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 179Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    16 Apr

    Tree Works At St Helens Church Low Fell

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order ApplicationDC/20/00317/TPO

Source: Gateshead

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near NE9

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report