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Saltwell Road Gateshead

DC/26/00088/BTBritish TelecommunicationsAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed removal of public telephone box

Received
2 February 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
Saltwell
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a telecoms application at Saltwell Road Gateshead. Gateshead has handled 40 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 2 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Saltwell.

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

Application type
British Telecommunications
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Additional information

Documents
0
Constraints
1

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.

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