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307 High Street Gateshead NE8 1EQ

DC/26/00085/DEMDemolition NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 3 March 2026

Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of a 2 Storey mid terrace property, consisting of a shop on the ground floor and a dwelling flat above.

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bridges
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 307 High Street Gateshead NE8 1EQ. Gateshead has handled 48 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker 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 56 applications across Bridges. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 postcode area.

92% of all 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 1EQ
Application type
Demolition Notification
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026
Permission expires
3 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Gateshead Council
Agent address
Design + Energy Services Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead NE8 1HH

Planning decision

Case officer
Richard Smith
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Hawks Mill, Hawks Rd, GatesheadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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