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Caretakers House Tweedmouth Community Middle School Billendean Terrace Spittal Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 2DJ

16/02761/CCDCounty Council DevelopmentApproved

Approved on 18 January 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective: Change of use from caretakers house to general classrooms and office space

Received
4 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Berwick East
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided18 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Caretakers House Tweedmouth Community Middle School Billendean Terrace Spittal Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 2DJ. Northumberland (County) has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 17 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Berwick East. We hold 1,129 applications in total for the TD15 postcode area.

90% of all 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
TD15 2DJ
Application type
County Council Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Berwick-upon-Tweed

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2016
Consultation expiry
8 February 2017
Consultation start
18 January 2017
Consultation end
8 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
28 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2016
Last date for comments
8 February 2017
Target decision date
19 January 2017
Permission expires
18 January 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 November 2016
Site notice end
21 December 2016

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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