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Derwent Walk Express Artwork Hexham Road Swalwell Gateshead NE16 3BW

DC/26/00031/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

LISTED BUILDING CONSENT: Remove, store and assess the Derwent Walk Express Artwork

Received
19 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whickham North
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Derwent Walk Express Artwork Hexham Road Swalwell Gateshead NE16 3BW. Gateshead has handled 64 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Whickham North. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 3BW
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
4 March 2026
Consultation end
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
James Hudson
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
14
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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