12 Woolerton Drive Windy Nook NE10 9RQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of land adjacent to 12 Woolerton Drive as private garden. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 16 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 17 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Gateshead Planning and Development Committee on 15 Jul 2026.
Refused
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised refusal because the garden extension would harm the estate’s character, public realm and a tree, with insufficient biodiversity information.
- The applicant spoke in favour, while residents’ views included 88 supporting representations and 35 objections on amenity, safety and open-space grounds.
- The committee refused permission for harm to the area’s character, public realm and tree, and for missing biodiversity net-gain information.
Source: Plota analysis of Gateshead's committee minutes of 15 Jul 2026.
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £67,000 in April 1998. Semi-detached house, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 121 days from validation, 22 days slower than Gateshead's median of 99 for changes of use. Refused, as 16% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Gateshead in the last twelve months, from validation. Gateshead decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 19 Jun 2026
- Committee
- 15 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 17 Jul 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
3 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Gateshead is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #289 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 67% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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