Unit 17B Follingsby Park Follingsby Lane Felling NE10 8YA
Approved on 14 May 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from Class B8 to Class E(d) Indoor Sports Venue for Padel including works to site entrance. (Revised Description. Amended plans and additonal information received on 26.02.2026 and 27.02.2026)
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 19
- Ward
- Wardley And Leam Lane
- Agent
- Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation13 May
- TargetTarget Date14 May
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 143 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 17B Follingsby Park Follingsby Lane Felling NE10 8YA. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 11 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 21 applications across Wardley And Leam Lane. We hold 123 applications in total for the NE10 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
- NE10 8YA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Josh Kenolty
- Statutory period
- 81 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 11 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
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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