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8 Earls Drive Gateshead NE9 6AA

DC/26/00167/TREEWorks to Tree in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Advice Given

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Tree works at 8 Earls Drive.

Received
3 March 2026
Ward
Low Fell
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Earls Drive Gateshead NE9 6AA. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 4 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 81 applications across Low 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 6AA
Application type
Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026
Permission expires
9 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Vicarage Coldwell Park Drive Gateshead Tyne and Wear NE10 9BY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Redfern
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Low Fell 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.

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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