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Discover Leisure PLC Portobello Road Birtley DH3 2SN

DC/25/00893/FULApproved

Approved on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Grant22 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of Class E(g)(ii-iii)/B2/B8 blocks with ancillary offices (Class E(g)(i)), together with external works and landscaping, and creation of a substation and meter rooms (amended 29.10.2025, 09.02.2026, 02.03.2026, 20.03.2026, 14.04.2026, 02.05.2026, 05.05.2026 and 15.06.2026 and additional information 28.10.2025, 06.11.2025, 16.01.2026, 24.06.2026 and 07.08.2026).

Received
26 August 2025
Ward
Birtley
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 345 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Discover Leisure PLC Portobello Road Birtley DH3 2SN. Gateshead has handled 4,453 applications of this type. This one was decided in 345 days, 40 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Birtley. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DH3 2SN
Parish
Birtley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2025

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Dunbar

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Oct

    Discharge of condition 17 (PCC Final Drainage Strategy) of planning application DC/25/00893/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/00893/DOC1
  2. 2025
    1 Oct

    Erection of Class E(g)(ii-iii)/B2/B8 blocks with ancillary offices (Class E(g)(i)), together with external…

    This applicationApprovedApplicationDC/25/00893/FUL

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