50 Garsdale Vigo Chester Le Street DH3 2EY

DC/26/00169/HHAHouseholder ApplicationApproved

Householder

Approved on 25 May 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolish side garage and replace it with a single storey side extension

Received: 25 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Ward: Birtley
Agent: GLASPER LEE DESIGN LT

ReceivedReceived25 Feb
ValidatedValidated30 Mar
Consult.Consultation21 Apr
TargetTarget Date25 May
DecidedDecided25 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 50 Garsdale Vigo Chester Le Street DH3 2EY. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 4 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 40 applications across Birtley. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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: DH3 2EY
Application type: Householder Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Birtley Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 30 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 21 April 2026
Target decision date: 25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: GLASPER LEE DESIGN LT
Agent address: 22 ST AIDANS DRIVE BISHOP AUCKLAND DL14 6D

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 4
Constraints: 10

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.

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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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