2 Whickham Lodge Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HH

DC/26/00019/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

G1 - group of conifers - remove

Received: 14 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Dunston Hill And Whickham East

ReceivedReceived14 Jan
ValidatedValidated14 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date25 Feb
DecidedDecided29 Jan

Decided in 15 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Whickham Lodge Front Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4HH. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 7 weeks quicker 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 64 applications across Dunston Hill And Whickham East. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

100% of trees 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: NE16 4HH
Application type: Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 January 2026
Target decision date: 25 February 2026
Permission expires: 29 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Chris Redfern
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Whickham 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.

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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.

Source: Gateshead

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