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Northumberland County Council Bedlington Library Glebe Road Bedlington Northumberland NE22 6JX

15/01910/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of library building (D1) to retail use (A1)

Received
8 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Bedlington Central
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.8 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Northumberland County Council Bedlington Library Glebe Road Bedlington Northumberland NE22 6JX. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Bedlington Central. We hold 569 applications in total for the NE22 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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
NE22 6JX
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Bedlington

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2015
Consultation expiry
8 July 2015
Consultation start
31 July 2015
Consultation end
8 July 2015
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2015
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2015
Last date for comments
8 July 2015
Target decision date
4 August 2015
Permission expires
31 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spawforths
Agent address
Junction 41 Business Court East Ardsley Leeds West Yorkshire WF3 2AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04074846
Documents
18
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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