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Union Electric Steel Close Works Coulthards Lane Gateshead Quays Gateshead NE8 3DX

DC/26/00353/DEMApproved

Approved on 28 May 2026

Council decision: Prior approval required and approved

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of all factory bays, stores, garages, labs and offices and all other ancillary buildings contained within the red line, building slabs will be left insitu, demolition only includes the dismantling of the superstructures.

Received
30 April 2026
Ward
Bridges
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 28 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Union Electric Steel Close Works Coulthards Lane Gateshead Quays Gateshead NE8 3DX. Gateshead has handled 4,453 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Bridges. We hold 284 applications in total for the NE8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE8 3DX
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Consultation end
3 June 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Amy Williamson

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Ochre Yards, High Level Rd, GatesheadRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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