0.05
hectares
10 - 90
housing capacity
Not allocated or proposed for allocation
This is not a green belt area
Coal mining
Area affected by past coal-mining that may pose a risk of ground instability. It is likely that a planning application would need to be supported by a Coal Mining Risk Assessment.
This area is flood zone 1
Flood Risk Areas refer to the probability of flooding occurring on a site from sea and rivers.
Inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided by directing development away from areas at highest risk (whether existing or future).
Flood zone 1 - land with a low probability of flooding from rivers or the sea
Flood zone 2 – land with a medium probability of flooding
Flood zones 3a & 3b – land with a high probability of flooding
Surface water flooding from rainfall events at differing intensities and frequencies is also a flood risk consideration.
Where appropriate, applications should be supported by a site-specific flood risk assessment. These areas are:
Data source for this information:
Gateshead Council Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
Environment Agency
National Planning Policy Framework / National Planning Practice Guidance
How often is this data source updated?
Every time the Local Plan SFRA is updated.
NPPF and Environment Agency data are updated periodically.
Soil and groundwater contamination ground risk band IV
This site has been rated as risk band IV for soil and groundwater contamination.
Risk bands range from I to V, the higher the band the greater potential risk (read more about ground risk bands).
This rating is based on the following potential risks listed below:
Intensive industrial past use of the site.
Historic boreholes drilled at a site may act as a preferential pathway for rapid transport of contamination to groundwater.
Vertical or horizontal mine entrances (shafts, adits) may act as a preferential pathway for rapid transport of contaminants to groundwater.
Based on the hydrology, geology and soil properties within a single square kilometre around the site, the vulnerability of groundwater to pollutants discharged at ground level is considered likely to be medium.
This area is not subject to tree preservation orders
Geotechnical ground risk band III
This site has been rated as risk band III for geotechnical hazards.
Risk bands range from I to V, the higher the band the greater potential risk (read more about risk bands).
This rating is based on the following potential risks listed below:
Past landfill sites, coal mining and chemical wastes that present a ground gas hazard may be present.
Area affected by past coal-mining that may pose a risk of ground instability. It is likely that a planning application would need to be supported by a Coal Mining Risk Assessment.
This is not a conservation area
This area has no listed buildings
There are no wildlife corridors on this site
This is an air quality management area
Local authorities are required to monitor, assess and act to improve local air quality by means of Air Quality Management Areas (AQMAs), in locations where national air quality objectives are not likely to be achieved, and put together an action plan of measures to address the problem.
The Brownfield Sites tool indicates the areas which have been declared an AQMA, based on the Gateshead Air Quality Annual Status Report.
Development that could increase air pollution to higher than the National Air Quality Objective thresholds, or leads to an increase in exposure where high levels of air pollution already exist, will only be permitted where it can be demonstrated, through an air quality assessment, that acceptable air quality will, or can be, achieved.
Data source:
Gateshead Local Plan policies CS14 and MSGP21
Gateshead Air Quality Annual Status Report:
Appendix A Table A.3 — Annual Mean NO2 Monitoring Results — Exceedances of the annual mean objective of 40pg/m3 are shown in bold
Appendix D: Map(s) of Monitoring Locations and AQMAs
https://www.gateshead.gov.uk/article/3393/Air-quality-reviews-and-assessments
Data source update: Annually
This website is intended to give an initial summary of potential risks on a site and cannot guarantee that the information is accurate, complete or up-to-date.
The information on the site is not a replacement for standard good practice risk-based assessment and investigation of sites or consultation with professional advisers, and does not provide the detailed information which would be required to accompany a planning application.
All liability or responsibility of the Council for any loss, damage or inconvenience caused as a result of reliance on the information on the site is expressly excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.