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Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

Granted Gateshead DC/20/00557/FUL Full Application

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of a hydrogen house testing facility (Additional information received 14/07/2020, 24/07/20, 21/10/20 and 07/12/20).

As published by the council, reference DC/20/00557/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/20/00557/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Grant
Received
2 Jul 2020
Validated
6 Jul 2020
Decided
13 Jan 2021
Ward
Winlaton And High Spen
Decision by
Delegated Items
Postcode
NE21 6LE

Site history

Applications at this address on the Gateshead register

This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • 20/00557/DOC4 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of condition 7 (Car Park Management Plan) of planning application DC/20/00557/FUL (amended documents received 08.12.21)

    Decided 7 Jan 2022 Conditions
  • 20/00557/DOC2 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of conditions 5(Access), 15 (Bat and Bird Boxes) and 17(Tree Replacement and Habitat Creation) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

    Decided 19 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 20/00557/DOC1 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of conditions 13(Bio method statement) and 19(Tree Protection) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

    Decided 15 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • DC/20/01022/FUL Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Installation of ground-mounted Solar Photovoltaic system (additional ecology info recived 25 June 2021).

    Decided 1 Apr 2022 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Jul 2020

    Received by Gateshead

  2. 6 Jul 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Jan 2021

    Decision issued: Grant

  4. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

3 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 20/00557/DOC4 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of condition 7 (Car Park Management Plan) of planning application DC/20/00557/FUL (amended documents received 08.12.21)

    Decided 7 Jan 2022 Conditions
  • 20/00557/DOC2 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of conditions 5(Access), 15 (Bat and Bird Boxes) and 17(Tree Replacement and Habitat Creation) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

    Decided 19 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 20/00557/DOC1 Granted

    Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    Discharge of conditions 13(Bio method statement) and 19(Tree Protection) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

    Decided 15 Jul 2021 Conditions

Who's behind it

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Ove Arup and Partners Limited Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 1977 · London

53 applications on PlanIndex · across 22 councils · 100% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

25 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Gateshead granted permission on 13 January 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    21/00334/DOC1 Submitted 3 Nov 2021 50 yards away

    Discharge of condition - Condition 5 - vehicle access, Condition 7 - CPMP, Condition 9 - cycle parking, Condition 13 - BMS, Condition 15 - Net Gains, Condition 19 - AMS and TPP, Condition 21 - surface water (ecology), Condition 23 - Coal SI and Condition 25 - Land gas monitoring of Planning application DC/21/00334/FUL. (amended details received 10.12.21, 24.01.22 and 25.01.22)

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  • Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

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  • Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    20/00557/DOC1 Submitted 13 Jan 2021 200 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 13(Bio method statement) and 19(Tree Protection) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

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  • Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    20/00557/DOC2 Submitted 5 Mar 2021 200 yards away

    Discharge of conditions 5(Access), 15 (Bat and Bird Boxes) and 17(Tree Replacement and Habitat Creation) of planning approval DC/20/00557/FUL

    Granted Conditions Trees

  • Gas Governor Station Thornley Lane Rowlands Gill NE21 6LE

    20/00557/DOC4 Submitted 15 Sep 2021 200 yards away

    Discharge of condition 7 (Car Park Management Plan) of planning application DC/20/00557/FUL (amended documents received 08.12.21)

    Granted Conditions

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