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Cardinal Hume Catholic School Old Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6RZ

DC/25/01126/NPAApproved

Approved on 5 December 2025

Council decision: Prior approval required and approved

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of PV system comprising of 811 x 450w panels with a total output of 365kW

Received
8 October 2025
Ward
High Fell
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Dec

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Cardinal Hume Catholic School Old Durham Road Gateshead NE9 6RZ. Gateshead has handled 4,453 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker 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 15 applications across High Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE9 6RZ
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

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.

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