Alexandra Guest House 377 Alexandra Road Gateshead NE8 4HY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from Guest House (Class C1) to a care home for three residents (Class C2) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 11 Sept 2026 · Committee · Last checked 12 Sept 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Gateshead Planning and Development Committee on 9 Sept 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the small children’s home would meet an identified need without unacceptable planning harm.
- Neighbours objected over concentration, amenity, safety, safeguarding, traffic and parking, while consultees raised no formal objection.
- The committee granted permission with the submitted plans, cycle-storage requirements and an Operational and Management Plan condition.
Source: Plota analysis of Gateshead's committee minutes of 9 Sept 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 1
Last sold for £290,000 in August 2025. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2024, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 92 days from validation, 7 days faster than Gateshead's median of 99 for changes of use. Approved, as 84% 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 →
Public comments
70% object · below the UK average of 74%
29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 29 Jul 2026
- Committee
- 9 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
11 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.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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