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Derwentwater Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2HB

DC/25/00636/FULApproved

Approved on 18 June 2026

Council decision: Grant27 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed construction of 10no. dwellings including car parking and landscaping works (amended plans received 10.02.2026 and 09.04.2026, drainage information received 01.05.2026, landscaping scheme received 13.05.2026, additional drainage info received 02.06.2026).

Received
31 July 2025
Ward
Lobley Hill And Bensham
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 287 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Derwentwater Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2HB. Gateshead has handled 4,453 applications of this type. This one was decided in 287 days, 32 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE8 2HB
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Dunbar

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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.

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