Birtley Boy Scouts Scout Hut Ruskin Road Birtley DH3 1AD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Demolition and replacement of scout hut (as amended by plans received on 13/04/26) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Gateshead Planning and Development Committee on 17 Jun 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the replacement would improve community facilities without undue harm to neighbours, heritage, ecology or highway safety.
- Eight objections raised highway, parking, noise, visual amenity, vandalism and possible wider use, while one response supported scouting activities.
- The committee granted permission with conditions and added a construction management plan covering construction traffic movements and parking.
Source: Plota analysis of Gateshead's committee minutes of 17 Jun 2026.
Site constraints 7
Checked on 7 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, 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.
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How this decision compares
Decided in 210 days from validation, 110 days slower than Gateshead's median of 100 for full applications. Approved, as 82% of full applications here are.
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Public comments
33% object · below the UK average of 74%
23 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 28 May 2026
- Committee
- 17 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
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15 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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