Old Van Hee Buildings Temple Street Felling NE10 0HN

DC/26/00152/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from Class D1 (Non-Residential institution) to Class B2 (General Industrial) for use as a motor vehicle repair workshop, including proposed MOT testing facilities.

Received: 25 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 5 · last counted 5 November 2026
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Felling

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated25 Feb
Consult.Consultation20 Aug
TargetTarget Date9 Oct
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 225 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Old Van Hee Buildings Temple Street Felling NE10 0HN. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 225 days, 23 weeks longer 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 28 applications across Felling. We hold 123 applications in total for the NE10 postcode area.

91% of full 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: NE10 0HN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 February 2026
Consultation expiry: 1 April 2026
Consultation end: 20 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 1 April 2026
Target decision date: 9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Richard Smith
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7
Constraints: 7

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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