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Craster Tower Craster Alnwick Northumberland NE66 3SS

11/01503/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 September 2011

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic system

Received
29 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Longhoughton
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at Craster Tower Craster Alnwick Northumberland NE66 3SS. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Longhoughton. We hold 1,410 applications in total for the NE66 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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

Postcode
NE66 3SS
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Craster

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2011
Consultation expiry
24 August 2011
Consultation start
3 August 2011
Consultation end
24 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start
11 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2011
Last date for comments
24 August 2011
Target decision date
24 August 2011
Decision issued
16 September 2011
Permission expires
16 September 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Grade II*: Craster TowerOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0017
  • National Landscape (AONB): Northumberland Coast
  • Heritage coast: North Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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