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Old Post Office 6 The Square Swarland Northumberland NE65 9JQ

15/04049/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 January 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed building consent for change of use of post office to residential (C3) and refurbishment of windows (amended description)

Received
4 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shilbottle
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Old Post Office 6 The Square Swarland Northumberland NE65 9JQ. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Shilbottle. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the NE65 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
NE65 9JQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Newton-on-the-Moor And Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2015
Consultation expiry
14 January 2016
Consultation start
28 January 2016
Consultation end
5 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2016
Last date for comments
14 January 2016
Target decision date
29 January 2016
Permission expires
28 January 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
15 Bewick Courtyard Northside Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE8 2GU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
14 January 2016
Site notice start
17 December 2015
Site notice end
7 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04670357
Documents
13
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    4 Dec

    Change of use of post office to residential (C3) and refurbishment of windows (amended description)

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside15/04048/FUL
  2. 2015
    4 Dec

    Listed building consent for change of use of post office to residential (C3) and refurbishment of windows…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent15/04049/LBC

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