O/S Hookergate School Spen Lane Rowlands Gill

1. 30 May 2024

   Received by Gateshead

2. 17 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Observations

3. 2 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Gateshead has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

This application sits outside the common categories, and the council record linked on this page sets out the specific procedure that applies. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Hookergate School Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2BX

  22/01326/DOC21 Submitted 22 Dec 2025 100 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~6 Mar

  Discharge of planning conditions 7 (Construction Management Plan), 26 (Road Widening Scheme) and 28 (Off Site Highway Works) of planning approval DC/22/01326/FUL for 49 houses - to provide temporary access arrangements for plots 3, 6, 28, 31 and 48 (REVISED INFO received 2 July 2026)

  Awaiting decision Conditions 7 docs
  Major scheme

• Hookergate Farm Spen Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2BX

  DC/26/00755/FUL Submitted 15 Sep 2026 100 yards away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~10 Nov

  Change of use and conversion of existing buildings to a dwelling.

  Awaiting decision Full applications
  Domestic

• Hookergate School Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 2BX

  DC/22/01326/FUL Submitted 28 Nov 2022 150 yards away

  Demolition of former Hookergate Secondary School and construction of 49 residential units and associated highways and drainage infrastructure. Units consisting of 13no, 3-bedroom dwellings, 24no, 4-bedroom & 12no, 5-bedroom, semi-detached and detached dwellings (amended plans and information received 20 Feb 2023).

  Granted Full applications Demolition 136 docs

• 13 Spen Burn High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2DN

  DC/20/00233/HHA Submitted 10 Mar 2020 350 yards away

  Proposed 2 storey side extension

  Granted Householder Extension 10 docs
  Domestic

• 14 Burnop Terrace High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2AH

  DC/21/00734/HHA Submitted 7 Jun 2021 400 yards away

  Proposed first floor extension above existing single storey offshoot to the south elevation

  Refused Householder Extension 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 15 Fell View Rowlands Gill NE39 2BW

  DC/26/00343/HHA Submitted 27 Apr 2026 450 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~6 Oct

  Single storey rear extension

  Awaiting decision Householder Extension 7 docs
  Small domestic

• DC/25/00900/OHL Awaiting decision

  Woodside Ryton

  Replacement of 24 low voltage electricity poles and 26 spans of open wire conductor to Aerial Bunched Conductor (ABC)

  Received 6 Aug, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Other
• DC/24/00946/DEM Granted

  Former Bowls Pavilion Derwent Park Burnopfield Road Rowlands Gill NE39 1LG

  DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Demolition of former bowls pavilion

  Received 16 Oct, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Other
• DC/24/00825/AGR Refused

  Bradley Close Sled Lane Ryton NE41 8JH

  DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Steel portal framed building with profile sheet upper walls and stone faced lower walls to 1.2m

  Received 26 Sep, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Other
• DC/24/00755/AGR Refused

  Land East Of The House Schoolhouse Lane Byermoor Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 5AN

  DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Erection of a steel portal frame general purpose agricultural storage building

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Other
• DC/23/00392/DEM Granted

  Derwentwater Court Bensham Gateshead NE8 2HB

  DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Demolition of existing Derwentwater Court apartment building at Derwentwater Road, Gateshead, as well as all associated hard landscaping and site internal walls.

  Received 5 May, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Other