The Cottage Church Drive Gateshead NE9 5RB

DC/26/00133/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Advice GivenDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Poplar tree T1 pollard, located at The Cottage Church Drive Gateshead

Received: 18 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: High Fell
Agent: MacDonald Tree Services Limited

ReceivedReceived18 Feb
ValidatedValidated18 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Apr
DecidedDecided24 Feb

Decided in 6 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Cottage Church Drive Gateshead NE9 5RB. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 6 days, 8 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across High Fell. We hold 1,346 applications in total for the NE9 postcode area.

100% of trees 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: NE9 5RB
Application type: Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 February 2026
Target decision date: 1 April 2026
Permission expires: 24 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: MacDonald Tree Services Limited
Agent address: 12 Ambleside Gardens Low Fell Gateshead NE9 6TH

Planning decision

Case officer: Chris Redfern
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 0
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sheriff Hill CA
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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