Land North Of Blyth Power Station Substation East Sleekburn Northumberland

17/00858/SCREENScreening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 March 2017

Council decision: EIA Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Request for a screening opinion.

Received: 24 February 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Northumberland County Council
Ward: Sleekburn

ReceivedReceived24 Feb
ValidatedValidated24 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Mar
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Blyth Power Station Substation East Sleekburn Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sleekburn.

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: Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: East Bedlington

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 February 2017
Target decision date: 17 March 2017
Permission expires: 16 March 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 14

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.

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Source: Northumberland (County)

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