Spenside Farm House Spen Lane Ryton NE39 2EU Data via plota.co.uk

DC/26/00668/AGR - Agricultural Notification Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Steel portal frame agricultural building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: Tyne and Wear
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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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15 Sept 2026Pending

Hookergate Farm Spen Lane Rowlands Gill NE39 2BX

Change of use and conversion of existing buildings to a dwelling.

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Important details

Council
Gateshead
Application type
Agricultural Notification
Postcode
NE39 2EU
Received
20 Aug 2026
Validated
20 Aug 2026
Ward
Crawcrook And Greenside
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Prior approval not required
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 16 days faster than Gateshead's median of 44 for prior approvals. Approved, as 78% of prior approvals here are.

86%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
39decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 17 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Erection of agricultural storage shed for the dry storag…
DC/23/00413/AGR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Ricklees Stables Spen Lane Ryton NE39 2EU
Discharge of conditions 6 (Landscaping details) and 9 (Cycle Parking) of planning approva…
16/00688/DOC2
2018 Approved
Ricklees Farm Spen Lane Ryton NE40 4LA
Installation of overhead line pole at Ricklees Farm
DC/18/01159/OHL
2017 Approved
High Ricklees Stables Spen Lane Ryton NE39 2EU
Discharge of conditions 4 (Materials to be submitted) 11(Contamination - Risk Assessment)…
16/00688/DOC1
2016 Approved
Ricklees Stables Spen Lane High Spen Rowlands Gill NE39 2EU
Erection of two detached single storey dwellings following removal of existing barn (amen…
DC/16/00688/FUL
Gateshead
Planning Authority Score
2.4/10
Poor
#255 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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