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Gateshead Road Sunniside

DC/26/00551/OHLOverhead Electricity LinesAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replace an existing pole with a 11m stout pole and upgrade the existing line to ABC

Received
7 July 2026
Decision due
18 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 10 October 2026
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Gateshead Road Sunniside. Gateshead has handled 48 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

92% of all 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
NE16 5PF
Application type
Overhead Electricity Lines
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Decision issued
18 August 2026

Planning decision

Decision
Observations
Case officer
Adam Ali
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
4

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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Oct

    Install a new wooden pole.

    PendingApplicationDC/26/00805/OHL

Source: Gateshead

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