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The National Trust Souvenir Shop Cafe And Offices Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG

TREE/18/080Conservation Area Tree Works LicenceApproved

Approved on 18 January 2019

Council decision: Advice Given

Proposal

Tree works at Gibside Burnopfield

Received
27 November 2018
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The National Trust Souvenir Shop Cafe And Offices Hillhead Lane Gibside Whickham NE16 6BG. Gateshead has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 11 days quicker than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. 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.

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
NE16 6BG
Application type
Conservation Area Tree Works Licence
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2018
Target decision date
8 January 2019
Permission expires
18 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
National Trust
Agent address
Gibside Estate Office Burnopfield NE16 6BG England

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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