Poundstretchers Hexham Road Swalwell Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3AA
Approved on 2 February 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-Material amendment of application DC/25/00286/FUL to allow amendment to drawing references of Condition 2 (Approved Plans).
- Received
- 21 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Whickham North
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 12 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Poundstretchers Hexham Road Swalwell Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 3AA. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 7 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 5 other applications 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.
94% of amendment 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 3AA
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Quod
- Agent address
- Quod 21 Soho Sqaure London W1D 3QP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- David Morton
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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