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River Tyne Academy The Millway Centre Millway Gateshead NE9 5PQ

DC/25/00490/TPOTree Preservation Order ApplicationApproved

Approved on 3 September 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Sycamore pollard leaving the stem at 6m in height (just above the main fork) tree located adjacent to Sports Pitch

Received
23 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deckham
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 72 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at River Tyne Academy The Millway Centre Millway Gateshead NE9 5PQ. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 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 17 applications across Deckham. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

100% of trees 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 5PQ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2025
Consultation expiry
31 July 2025
Target decision date
18 August 2025
Permission expires
3 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Olivers Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Olivers Tree Services Unit 3 Langley Park Industrial Estate Witton Gilbert DH7 6TX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
31 July 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Brownfield land register: Swanway, Carr Hill, GatesheadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Gateshead

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