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Birtley Boy Scouts Scout Hut Ruskin Road Birtley DH3 1AD

DC/25/01182/FULApproved

Approved on 23 June 2026

Council decision: Grant17 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition and replacement of scout hut (as amended by plans received on 13/04/26)

Received
28 October 2025
Ward
Birtley
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 210 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Birtley Boy Scouts Scout Hut Ruskin Road Birtley DH3 1AD. Gateshead has handled 4,453 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 21 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1AD
Parish
Birtley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
William McKane

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birtley CA
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Source: Gateshead

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