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Former Hands Material Site Strothers Road High Spen Industrial Estate Rowlands Gill NE39 2PS

DC/26/00075/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)27 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of former materials storage site and erection of 3no. 3 storey four bedroom detached dwellings

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Winlaton And High Spen
Agent
Curve Residential Architecture
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 129 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Hands Material Site Strothers Road High Spen Industrial Estate Rowlands Gill NE39 2PS. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 181 days, 17 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 38 applications across Winlaton And High Spen. We hold 136 applications in total for the NE39 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
NE39 2PS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation end
6 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2026
Target decision date
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Curve Residential Architecture
Agent address
Orchard Terrace Rowlands Gill NE39 1EG

Planning decision

Case officer
Rebecca Norman
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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