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First Floor Former Co-Op Buildings Hookergate Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2AJ

DC/25/01221/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of first floor office space into 3No 2 bedroom apartments.

Received
4 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Winlaton And High Spen
Agent
Curve Residential Architecture
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 195 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at First Floor Former Co-Op Buildings Hookergate Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2AJ. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 282 days, 31 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 38 applications across Winlaton And High Spen. We hold 136 applications in total for the NE39 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
NE39 2AJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation end
7 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2026
Target decision date
13 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Curve Residential Architecture
Agent address
3 Orchard Terrace Rowlands Gill NE39 1EG

Planning decision

Case officer
Adam Ali
Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
5

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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