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39 Longwood Close Sunniside NE16 5QD

DC/26/00577/CPLApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 7 October 2026

Council decision: Use considered to be lawful

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR A PROPOSED USE: Use of the property as a dwellinghouse occupied by one adult resident, living as a single household with the provision of care, falls within Use Class C3(b)

Received
16 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Oct
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at 39 Longwood Close Sunniside NE16 5QD. Gateshead has handled 4,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days 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 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE16 5QD
Parish
Not Available

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 August 2026
Target decision date
7 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Adam Ali

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.

Source: Gateshead

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