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Land South West Of The Old Tweed Mill Springwood Swarland Northumberland

17/00500/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 May 2019

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to residential (C3 use) by erecting approximately 9 no. dwellings (Amended Description 02.11.2018)

Received
13 February 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
18
Ward
Shilbottle
Agent
Acorn Planning Ltd
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided31 May

Decided in 815 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land South West Of The Old Tweed Mill Springwood Swarland Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. There have been 4 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 & Swarland

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2017
Consultation expiry
31 May 2019
Consultation start
31 May 2019
Consultation end
31 May 2019
Neighbour consultation start
14 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2017
Last date for comments
5 February 2018
Target decision date
30 November 2018
Committee meeting
22 November 2018
Permission expires
31 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acorn Planning Ltd
Architect profile
ACORN PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
Firdous 16 Station Road Hibaldstow North Lincolnshire DN20 9EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
633 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 March 2017
Advertisement expiry
6 April 2017
Site notice start
15 March 2017
Site notice end
5 April 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05815303
Documents
70
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0002Next to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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