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Land At Former Power Station Site On Northern Side Of C415 Sandfield Roundabout To Cambois Roundabout Cambois Blyth Northumberland

08/00311/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 January 2009

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Proposal

Installation of two 400kV/275kV Supergrid electricity transformers, busbars and circuit disconnectors within a secure operational compound surrounded by steel palisade and electrified security fence, including layout of modified access road.

Received
23 August 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Former Power Station Site On Northern Side Of C415 Sandfield Roundabout To Cambois Roundabout Cambois Blyth Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 149 days, 14 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

89% of full applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2008
Consultation expiry
20 November 2008
Consultation start
23 October 2008
Consultation end
13 November 2008
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2008
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2008
Last date for comments
20 November 2008
Target decision date
20 January 2009
Committee meeting
15 January 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 October 2008
Advertisement expiry
20 November 2008
Site notice start
27 October 2008
Site notice end
20 November 2008

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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