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71 Grotto Road South Shields NE34 7AQ

260077Householder Full ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission Householder with Conditions

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage, single storey rear utility room and front porch. Construction of single storey side/rear extension with 1no. rooflight and front porch with pitched roofs.

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Whitburn and Marsden
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 71 Grotto Road South Shields NE34 7AQ. South Tyneside has handled 2,524 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than South Tyneside's typical decision time. The site is in the Meads conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 2 applications across Whitburn and Marsden. We hold 1,389 applications in total for the NE34 postcode area.

97% of full applications at South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE34 7AQ
Application type
Householder Full Application
Development type
Residential extension/alteration, Residential extension/alteration
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Consultation expiry
18 March 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: South Tyneside

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