27 Firwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0DL

DC/25/00639/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

New drive way

Received: 31 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Lobley Hill And Bensham

ReceivedReceived31 Jul
ValidatedValidated1 Oct
Consult.Consultation18 Dec
TargetTarget Date31 Jan
DecidedDecided30 Jan

Decided in 121 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 27 Firwood Gardens Gateshead NE11 0DL. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 17 weeks 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 35 applications across Lobley Hill And Bensham. We hold 1,075 applications in total for the NE11 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).

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Application details

Postcode: NE11 0DL
Application type: Householder Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 18 December 2025
Consultation end: 18 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 22 October 2025
Target decision date: 31 January 2026
Permission expires: 30 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Gateshead Council
Agent address: Civic Centre Housing, Environment Healthy Communities Gateshead NE8 1HH

Planning decision

Case officer: Rowshon Uddin
Statutory period: 122 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 11
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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.

Source: Gateshead

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