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Persistance Fitness Gym Sainsburys Shields Road Stobhill Gate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2SB

17/03273/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 30 November 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of existing vacant first floor flat into gym, providing extension to existing gym located also on first floor, including minor alteration of the bathroom into shower cubicles

Received
13 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Morpeth Stobhill
  1. Received13 Sep
  2. Validated19 Sep
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided30 Nov

Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Persistance Fitness Gym Sainsburys Shields Road Stobhill Gate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2SB. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Morpeth Stobhill. We hold 1,506 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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
NE61 2SB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 September 2017
Consultation expiry
30 November 2017
Consultation start
30 November 2017
Consultation end
30 November 2017
Neighbour consultation start
19 September 2017
Neighbour consultation end
10 October 2017
Last date for comments
30 November 2017
Target decision date
4 December 2017
Permission expires
30 November 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06377147
Documents
12
Constraints
7

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.

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

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© 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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