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Sealed Tight Solutions Unit 1A Bailey House Stargate Industrial Estate Stargate Lane Ryton NE40 3DG

DC/25/01232/NPANotification of Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 January 2026

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 336x470W Solar PV panels with the total output of 158KW on roof of building (Additional information received on 14.01.2025)

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ryton Crookhill And Stella
Agent
KSL Green Ltd
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Sealed Tight Solutions Unit 1A Bailey House Stargate Industrial Estate Stargate Lane Ryton NE40 3DG. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 2 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 47 applications across Ryton Crookhill And Stella. We hold 113 applications in total for the NE40 postcode area.

92% of outline 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
NE40 3DG
Application type
Notification of Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 December 2025
Consultation end
23 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026
Permission expires
27 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
KSL Green Ltd
Agent address
Alexander House Columbia Station Road NE38 7BD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Josh Kenolty
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
29 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
7

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.

Source: Gateshead

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