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Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

Awaiting decision Gateshead DC/21/01236/FUL Full Application

Works: Demolition Major scheme

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Relates to DC/19/01048/REM

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Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of application DC/19/01048/REM (Reserved Matters approval relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of Dunston Hill Hospital and erection of 35 dwellinghouses and associated works (amended 20/11/20, 09/02/21, 04/03/21)) for amendment of layout to include a new shared private drive as well as updated House Type Floor Plans and amendment of landscaping and engineering drawings (additional information received 07/12/21, 25/02/22 , 29/06/22, 12/09/22, 01/12/22, 09/02/23, 27/04/23, 17/05/23 and 16/06/23 and amended 17/01/22, 03/03/22, 12/09/22, 26/09/22, 01/12/22, 09/02/23, 27/04/23, 17/05/23, 16/06/23 and 14/09/23).

As published by the council, reference DC/21/01236/FUL

Application record

Reference
DC/21/01236/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
13 Oct 2021
Validated
25 Nov 2021
Ward
Dunston Hill And Whickham East
Postcode
NE11 9QT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Gateshead register

This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DC/21/00239/NMA Granted

    Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

    Proposed non-material amendment to the wording of Condition 11 of application DC/13/00195/OUT to allow for the phased discharge of the Phase II Site Investigation Report.

    Decided 10 Mar 2021 Amendments
  • DC/19/01048/REM Granted

    Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

    Application for the approval of reserved matters relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of the existing Dunston Hill Hospital and the erection of 35 dwellinghouses and associated works pursuant to outline planning approval DC/13/00195/OUT (amended 20/11/20, 09/02/21, 04/03/21 and additional information received 09/02/21 and 04/03/21).

    Decided 11 Jun 2021 Reserved matters

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Oct 2021

    Received by Gateshead

  2. 25 Nov 2021

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 20 January 2022, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Gateshead took a median of 82 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • DC/19/01048/REM Granted

    Dunston Hill Hospital Whickham Highway Whickham NE11 9QT

    Application for the approval of reserved matters relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the demolition of the existing Dunston Hill Hospital and the erection of 35 dwellinghouses and associated works pursuant to outline planning approval DC/13/00195/OUT (amended 20/11/20, 09/02/21, 04/03/21 and additional information received 09/02/21 and 04/03/21).

    Decided 11 Jun 2021 Reserved matters

Documents

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

161 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Gateshead for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Gateshead decided full applications in a median of 191 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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