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Land South Of Mereburn House Low Wood Swarland Northumberland

16/04129/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 April 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning permission with all matters reserved except for access for the construction of up to 9 No residential units

Received
8 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
28
Ward
Shilbottle
  1. Received8 Nov
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided13 Apr

Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land South Of Mereburn House Low Wood Swarland Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 15 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Shilbottle.

84% of outline 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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Newton-on-the-Moor And Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2016
Consultation expiry
4 May 2017
Consultation start
13 April 2017
Consultation end
4 May 2017
Neighbour consultation start
6 December 2016
Neighbour consultation end
27 December 2016
Last date for comments
4 May 2017
Target decision date
14 April 2017
Permission expires
13 April 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
George F White
Agent address
4-6 Market Street Alnwick NE66 1TL

Planning decision

Statutory period
129 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 December 2016
Site notice end
22 December 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05588105
Documents
54
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    26 Nov

    Discharge of condition 12(SuDS) on approved application 16/04129/OUT

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  2. 2021
    1 Sep

    Discharge of condition 12 (SuDS) on approved application 16/04129/OUT

    RefusedDischarge of conditions21/03487/DISCON
  3. 2021
    7 May

    Non-material amendment (Plot 7 H504V reduced window height to en-suite 1) on approved application 16/04129/OUT

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment21/01919/NONMAT
  4. 2020
    27 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 7 (car parking), 9 (refuse storage) and 13 (landscape planting plan) of application…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/04028/DISCON
  5. 2020
    7 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 6 (Highways) relating to planning permission 16/04129/OUT

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/02525/DISCON
  6. 2020
    7 Jul

    Discharge of Conditions 5 (Construction Method Statement), 8 (Proposed Street Maintenance), 10 (Surface…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions20/02085/DISCON
  7. 2020
    10 Apr

    Reserved matters application for layout, scale, appearance and landscaping of approved planning application…

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  8. 2016
    8 Nov

    Outline planning permission with all matters reserved except for access for the construction of up to 9 No…

    This applicationApprovedOutline16/04129/OUT

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    18 Jul

    Discharge of condition 12 (refuse management strategy) on approved application 20/03622/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02528/DISCON
  2. 2022
    31 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 5 (drainage verification report) and 6 (maintenance/adoption of watercourse) on…

    PendingDischarge of conditions22/01165/DISCON
  3. 2022
    31 Mar

    Discharge of conditions 4 (drainage verification report) and 6 (maintenance/adoption of watercourse) on…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/01164/DISCON
  4. 2022
    7 Jan

    Non-material amendment relating to planning permission 20/03622/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment22/00044/NONMAT
  5. 2021
    26 Nov

    Discharge of condition 5 (SuDS) and 6 (Watercourse) pursuant to planning approval 20/01196/REM

    RefusedDischarge of conditions21/04601/DISCON
  6. 2021
    26 Nov

    Discharge of conditons : 4 (SUDS), 5 (watercourse) and 6 (watercourse) pursuant to planning approval…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions21/04602/DISCON

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