Power League Ropery Road Gateshead NE8 2HD
Approved on 19 March 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Alterations to existing outdoor sports facility, including installation of enclosure boards, synthetic playing surface, canopies, lighting and associated works to facilitate use for padel tennis
- Received
- 23 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Dunston And Teams
- Agent
- North Planning & Development Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated16 Jan
- Consult.Consultation17 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 62 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Power League Ropery Road Gateshead NE8 2HD. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 3 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Dunston And Teams. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 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
- NE8 2HD
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- North Planning & Development Ltd
- Agent address
- Spaces (2nd Floor) Tay House 300 Bath Street Glasgow G2 4LH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- James Hudson
- Statutory period
- 63 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 17 February 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 7
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.
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© 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.
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Alterations to existing outdoor sports facility, including installation of enclosure boards, synthetic…
This applicationApprovedFullDC/25/01386/FUL
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