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Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9DL

Granted Gateshead DC/20/01061/FUL Full Application

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

The demolition of the walled garden and former Woodside Centre Day Care, and proposed development of 11 residential dwellings (C3), with associated new walled garden, parking and landscaping (amended and additional information received 09/02/21 and 04/03/21).

As published by the council, reference DC/20/01061/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/20/01061/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Grant
Received
18 Nov 2020
Validated
18 Nov 2020
Decided
11 Jun 2021
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
NE11 9DL

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 18 Nov 2020

    Received by Gateshead

  2. 11 Jun 2021

    Decision issued: Grant

  3. 6 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 20/01061/DOC2 Granted

    Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham Gateshead NE11 9QT

    Discharge of condition 17 (Contamination II) of planning application DC/20/01061/FUL.

    Decided 7 Feb 2022 Conditions
  • 20/01061/DOC1 Withdrawn

    Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham Gateshead NE11 9QT

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Archaeological Building Record - Scoping), 6 (Archaeological Building Record - Submission) and 7 (Demolition and Construction Management Plan) of planning approval DC/20/01061/FUL

    Decided 6 Jul 2023 Conditions

Documents

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

123 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Gateshead granted permission on 11 June 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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