Unit 1 Limeworks Estate Fourstones Northumberland NE47 5DQ
Refused on 23 September 2015
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed dog training & day care facility with small ancillary retail area. Change of use required from light industrial.
- Received
- 30 July 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Humshaugh
- ReceivedReceived30 Jul
- ValidatedValidated30 Jul
- Consult.Consultation24 Sep
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided23 Sep
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 1 Limeworks Estate Fourstones Northumberland NE47 5DQ. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 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 55 applications across Humshaugh. We hold 713 applications in total for the NE47 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
- NE47 5DQ
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Warden
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 July 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 24 September 2015
- Consultation start
- 24 September 2015
- Consultation end
- 24 September 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 September 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2015
- Last date for comments
- 24 September 2015
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2015
- Decision issued
- 24 September 2015
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 August 2015
- Site notice end
- 1 September 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04386388
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: NorthumberlandPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Source: Northumberland (County)
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