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Westfield Lodge Saltwell Road South Gateshead

DC/25/00349/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 July 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement windows to flat number of Westfield Lodge

Received
9 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Low Fell
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 69 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Westfield Lodge Saltwell Road South Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 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 81 applications across Low Fell.

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

Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2025
Consultation expiry
25 June 2025
Consultation end
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 June 2025
Target decision date
17 July 2025
Permission expires
17 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Samantha Elsender
Statutory period
69 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 June 2025
Site notice end
25 June 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saltwell CA
  • Article 4 direction: Saltwell Conservation Area Article 4 Direction 2Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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