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Seahouses Police Station 5 James Street Seahouses Northumberland NE68 7XZ

15/03633/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 January 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use from redundant Police Station to Funeral Home

Received
26 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bamburgh
Agent
Design Workshop Ltd
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target1 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Seahouses Police Station 5 James Street Seahouses Northumberland NE68 7XZ. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Bamburgh. We hold 506 applications in total for the NE68 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
NE68 7XZ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
North Sunderland

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2015
Consultation expiry
11 January 2016
Consultation start
29 January 2016
Consultation end
11 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2016
Neighbour consultation end
19 November 2015
Last date for comments
11 January 2016
Target decision date
1 February 2016
Permission expires
29 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Design Workshop Ltd
Agent address
Belmont North Bank Belford Northumberland NE70 7EU

Planning decision

Statutory period
97 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 November 2015
Site notice end
30 November 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04583346
Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Northumberland Coast
  • Heritage coast: North Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    12 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 3 (Car Parking) and 4 (Refuse Facilities) relating to planning permission 15/03633/COU

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/00427/DISCON
  2. 2015
    26 Oct

    Proposed change of use from redundant Police Station to Funeral Home

    This applicationApprovedAmendment15/03633/COU

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2005
    2 Nov

    Improvement works to comply with DDA legislation.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationN/05/B/0782

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