2 Cypress Road Bleach Green Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5FF

DC/26/00138/HCPLHouseholder Cert Proposed Lawful Use/DevApproved

Householder

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conversion of garage, replacement of garage door to window

Received: 23 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Blaydon

ReceivedReceived23 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 2 Cypress Road Bleach Green Blaydon Gateshead NE21 5FF. Gateshead has handled 165 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days 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 38 applications across Blaydon. We hold 115 applications in total for the NE21 postcode area.

92% of outline 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: NE21 5FF
Application type: Householder Cert Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2026
Target decision date: 20 April 2026
Permission expires: 20 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Sarah Howard
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 5
Constraints: 3

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.

Source: Gateshead

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