Unit 16 Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/01235/FUL - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Change of Use from Use Class B2 (Industrial) to Use Class E (d) to provide a padel and pickleball facility alongside ancillary facilities falling within Use Class E (b) and (c) (Amended plans received 07.January 2026, additional information received 27 February 2026 and 03 March 2026) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Nov 2025
✓
Validated
2 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
25 Mar 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 25 Mar 2026 · Committee · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Gateshead Planning and Development Committee on 25 Mar 2026. Earlier deferred on 25 Feb 2026.

Refused

  • Officers advised refusal because the proposal would lose employment land and had not passed the sequential test.
  • The application received 208 support letters, with no objections, and two people spoke in favour.
  • The committee refused permission because the required employment marketing had not been demonstrated and the benefits could be secured elsewhere.
Read how the committee decided The proposed facility, the site history, officers’ assessment, support, speakers and the committee’s refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Gateshead's committee minutes of 25 Mar 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 3

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
National infrastructure project about 101 m away: A1 Birtley to Coal House Improvement Scheme
The site is about 101 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Gateshead built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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 Planning Inspectorate 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.

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Important details

Council
Gateshead
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
NE11 0PZ
Received
10 Nov 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Lamesley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Jan 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
25 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Lichfields

How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 13 days slower than Gateshead's median of 100 for full applications. Refused, as 18% of full applications here are.

21%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Gateshead in the last twelve months, from validation. Gateshead decision record →

Public comments

222comments received
222 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Mar 2026
Committee
25 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Withdrawn
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 17 (Revised framework travel plan) and 18 ( Individual occupier t…
11/00419/DOC8
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 3(Materials), 5(External Hard Landscaping), 8(Landscape Maintenan…
17/00535/DOC8
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of Conditions 17 and 18 (Travel Plan
17/00535/DOC6
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 5(External materials buildings), 6(Materials - hard landscaping)…
11/00419/DOC10
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of Condition 8 (Landscape Maintenance
17/00535/DOC7
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of condition 29 (Oil interceptor details) of planning approval DC/11/00419/OUT
11/00419/DOC9
2019 Approved
T251d Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Change of use from Workshop (B2 use) to leisure/indoor golf centre (D2 use)
DC/19/00848/COU
2019 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 19 ( Local highway improvments) of planning application DC/11/004…
11/00419/DOC7
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of condition 13 (Servicing details) of planning approval DC/11/00419/OUT
11/00419/DOC5
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of condition 24 (Autotracking) of planning approval DC/17/00535/REM
17/00535/DOC4
2018 Approved
T257 C Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Change of use from workshop (B2 use) to session only based gym (D2 use).
DC/18/01125/COU
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of condition 3 (Materials) of planning application DC/17/00535/REM.
17/00535/DOC2
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of condition 5 (External materials buildings) of planning application DC/11/004…
11/00419/DOC3
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 5 (Hard Landscaping) and 10 (Boundary Treatment) of planning appl…
17/00535/DOC1
2018 Approved
Land East Of Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 6 (Hard Landscape Details), 7 (Boundary Treatments), 8 (Tree Prot…
11/00419/DOC2
2017 Approved
Dukesway Team Valley Gateshead NE11 0PZ
Discharge of conditions 6 (Landscape Maintenance), 8 (Swept Path), 9 (Refuse and Recyclin…
13/00403/DOC2
Gateshead
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#255 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Gateshead decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #130 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #107 of 296
26%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #289 of 296
67%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #282 of 296
58%
Minor dwellings approved
24 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
4 decided (10+ homes)
70%
Change of use approved
37 decided
482
Total decisions
54 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings