Chopwell Cricket Ground Chopwell Park North Of Marx Terrace NE17 7EH
Approved on 11 March 2026
Council decision: Prior approval required and approvedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Demolition of cricket changing rooms, plant room and timber shed
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Chopwell And Rowlands Gill
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation10 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Chopwell Cricket Ground Chopwell Park North Of Marx Terrace NE17 7EH. 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 Chopwell And Rowlands Gill. We hold 20 applications in total for the NE17 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
- NE17 7EH
- Application type
- Demolition Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 10 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 11 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Gateshead Council
- Agent address
- Gateshead Civic Centre Regent Street Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE8 1HH
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebecca Norman
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Gateshead
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