Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council appeal evidence
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- 12 of 25
- eligible decision families
- Allowed
- 2
- matched appeal records
- Dismissed
- 10
- matched appeal records
- Householder
- 10
- of 12 matched records
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Planning Data area point: Gateshead LPA (54.935357, −1.68292). This is the published representative point for the authority boundary, not a town hall, camera position or appeal site.
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council appeal findings
Gateshead evidence on verges, layouts and building form
The displayed examples have a different outcome mix from the matched local set, and the allowed reasoning shown is limited.
Counted against appeals
Planned verges and building form
Garden extension into a planned verge
The Inspector found that extending a garden onto it would cause visual intrusion for nearby residents moving between streets.
The tree did not offset harm
Keeping the tree would not mitigate the harm to the area’s design quality.
Rear dormer and surrounding building form
The Inspector concluded that the retrospective rear dormer did not respond positively to surrounding development’s scale and form.
Helped or needed
Site-specific circumstances for the extension
No unacceptable area harm found
The Inspector concluded that the side extension and porch would not unacceptably harm the house or surrounding area.
Guidance breaches did not decide the extension
The Inspector said site-specific circumstances meant the scheme still met the overall amenity and design aims despite technical guidance breaches.
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- Does the refusal identify a grass verge or original estate layout?
- Does your proposal respond to nearby buildings’ scale and form?
- Which site-specific facts address any technical guidance breach?
The dormer example also raised living-condition issues, and the allowed extract gives no site-specific facts. These decisions do not predict another result.
Appeal evidence examples
Compare allowed and dismissed appeal reasoning
Each example separates the development, the Inspector-stated issue that selected it, and the reasoning from the decision. Compare the facts as well as the outcome: these examples do not predict how a different proposal would be decided.
Allowed appeal examples
1 example
3 February 2022 · Allowed
Development described in the decision
“Proposed two storey side extension and front porch making the property double fronted. Rebuild of existing single detached side garage/store”.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal property and the surrounding area.
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Reasoning from the decision
Consequently, I find that the proposal would not unacceptably harm the character and appearance of the host dwelling or the surrounding area and would be in accordance with the requirements of CS Policy CS15 and MSGP Policy MSGP24 which seek to ensure that development is of a high quality and despite technical breaches of the SPD’s guidance, the site-specific circumstances of this appeal mean that the scheme would still comply with the overall amenity and design aims of the document and the development plan as a whole.
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Dismissed appeal examples
4 examples
15 July 2021 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
described as: ‘proposed bedroom over garage & front porch’.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
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Reasoning from the decision
For the above reasons, I have found that the proposal would be significantly harmful to the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the CA. The proposal would therefore conflict with Policy CS15 of the [name] and Urban Core Plan (2015), Policies MSGP24 and MSPG25 of the [name] for Growing Places Local Plan Document (2021) and the SPD which require development to be of a high quality design that responds positively to local distinctiveness and conserves and enhances heritage assets, including their setting. It would also fail to accord with the design objectives of the National Planning Policy Framework.
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16 June 2026 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
the material change of use to extend residential garden onto adjoining land (nil use to class C3), remove existing hedgerow install new boundary treatment and landscaping.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
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Reasoning from the decision
It is not disputed that the land is not designated open space or required to meet open space needs and a section of the wider grass verge would remain. Nevertheless, the appeal site forms part of the original planned layout of the area and makes a positive contribution to visual amenity and to the quality of life of local residents, some of whom have valued the contribution the site makes to the character and appearance of the area since the estate was first constructed. The visual intrusion of the proposed change of use would be experienced by the occupiers of nearby dwellings and local residents as they move between streets. Furthermore, the retention of the tree at the site and the positive contribution this makes to the area’s verdant character would not mitigate the harm that would be caused to the design quality of the area.
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13 May 2026 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
described on the planning application form as a “proposed full length rear dormer (retrospective).”
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues are the effect of the proposed development on • the character and appearance of the area; and • the living conditions of the occupiers of [address] (No 17) with regard to outlook and light.
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Reasoning from the decision
Thus, the appeal development does not respond positively to the scale and form of surrounding development within its context. It would therefore harm the identified character and appearance of the area contrary to Policy CS15 of the [name] and Urban Core Plan for Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne (CS) (2015) and Policies MSGP23 and MSGP24 of the Local Plan Document for Gateshead – [name] for [name] (LP) (2021).
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26 February 2026 · Dismissed
Development described in the decision
the erection of a single use class C3, four bedroom residential dwellinghouse across two storeys, with a detached three bay garage block and associated landscaping and hard standings including the removal of seven non protected trees and one hedge and the replacement with six new trees to boundaries and 75 metres of native hedging and the formation or a 4.2 meter x 4.2 meter visibility to serve both the host and the new property.
Issue identified by the Inspector
The main issues are the effect of the proposal on: • the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including the [address]/[address] Area of Special Character (the ASC); • highway safety; and • surface water drainage.
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Reasoning from the decision
The proposal would not have an unacceptable effect on highway safety or surface water drainage. However, my above findings in relation to character and appearance brings the proposal into conflict with the development plan, read as a whole. There are no material considerations, including the Framework, that indicate a decision should be made other than in accordance with it. Therefore, I conclude that the appeal should be dismissed.
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