Planning application
Whickham Play Zone School Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4AD
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Tree works at Whickham Play Zone.
As published by the council, reference DC/26/00213/TREE
Application record
- Reference
- DC/26/00213/TREE
- Type
- Works to Tree in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 6 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Whickham North
- Postcode
- NE16 4AD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Mar 2026
Received by Gateshead
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 1 May 2026, 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 83 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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 tree works applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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