490 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6HU
Refused on 1 April 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from cafe/restaurant to public house and the erection of decking and fencing to the rear to form a beer garden (RETROSPECTIVE).
- Received
- 11 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Low Fell
- Agent
- Bonny Hospitality Limited
- ReceivedReceived11 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Apr
Decided in 230 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 490 Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6HU. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 33 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 6HU
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Bonny Hospitality Limited
- Agent address
- 490 Durham Road Comet Social Gateshead NE9 6HU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Richard Smith
- Statutory period
- 230 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 1 October 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 2
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 (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202230 Mar
Installation of an 8m tall external extractor stack and two air conditioning units to the rear of 490 Durham…
ApprovedFull ApplicationDC/22/00325/FUL - 202129 Jan
Discharge of condition 3 (Shop Front Details) of planning approval DC/20/00370/COU
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/00370/DOC1 - 20206 May
Change of use of existing bank and ancillary offices/stores (use class A2) to ground floor and basement…
ApprovedChange of UseDC/20/00370/COU - 200630 Oct
Display of fascia sign size 7275mm x 800mm and double-sided projecting sign both internally illuminated and…
Temporary PermissionAdvertisement consentDC/06/01712/ADV
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