27 The Drive, Benton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE7 7SY Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Erection of new pitched roof to side and rear, insertion of 5 no. rooflights to rear, a 1.5m high wall and raise the height of the existing side garage Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 3
Site constraints 2
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 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 £325,000 in December 2025. Semi-detached house, 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 December 2022, 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
- Council
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Application type
- Household Applications
- Postcode
- NE7 7SY
- Received
- 19 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Dene and South Gosforth
- Parish
- Not Within A Parish Boundary
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Grant Conditionally
- Decision date
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Usher Barr Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 79 days from validation, 25 days slower than Newcastle upon Tyne's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 93% of extensions here are.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Newcastle upon Tyne in the last twelve months, from validation. Newcastle upon Tyne decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Newcastle upon Tyne is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #205 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) 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.
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