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The Womens Institute Town Hall Newbrough Hexham Northumberland NE47 5AR

15/02963/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 29 October 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Listed building consent for change of use from class B1 'Business' to Sui Generis overnight tourist accommodation along with internal alterations and construction of external store

Received
3 September 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Humshaugh
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target29 Oct
  5. Decided29 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at The Womens Institute Town Hall Newbrough Hexham Northumberland NE47 5AR. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Newbrough conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Humshaugh. We hold 713 applications in total for the NE47 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
NE47 5AR
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newbrough

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2015
Consultation expiry
23 October 2015
Consultation start
29 October 2015
Consultation end
15 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
29 October 2015
Neighbour consultation end
13 October 2015
Last date for comments
23 October 2015
Target decision date
29 October 2015
Permission expires
29 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
21 Beechcroft Humshaugh Hexham Northumberland NE46 4DN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 October 2015
Advertisement expiry
23 October 2015
Site notice start
29 September 2015
Site notice end
20 October 2015

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Newbrough
  • Listed building: Grade II: Town HallOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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