Ford Castle Ford Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 2PX

17/04110/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 January 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for works to protect building fabric including lifting parapet stones, adding a lead DPC, scarcement protection, parapet gutters, sacrificial flashings, lead catchpits and sumps where necessary. Replacement of bituminous felt with lead to roofs F3 & F5. Creation of safe roof access to all high level roofs via new lead access hatches and new ladders. Improve drainage to the balcony on the north elevation with the addition of a groove in the stonework to the base of the balcony and new pipe, hopper & downpipe.

Received: 13 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Northumberland County Council
Ward: Norham And Islandshires
Agent: Simpson & Brown Architects

ReceivedReceived13 Nov
ValidatedValidated1 Dec
Consult.Consultation24 Jan
TargetTarget Date26 Jan
DecidedDecided24 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Ford Castle Ford Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 2PX. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Norham And Islandshires. We hold 1,129 applications in total for the TD15 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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 2PX
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ford

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 December 2017
Consultation expiry: 24 January 2018
Consultation start: 24 January 2018
Consultation end: 24 January 2018
Last date for comments: 24 January 2018
Target decision date: 26 January 2018
Permission expires: 24 January 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Simpson & Brown Architects
Agent address: 77A Brunswick Street Edinburgh EH7 5HS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 December 2017
Advertisement expiry: 4 January 2018
Site notice start: 13 December 2017
Site notice end: 3 January 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06482410
Documents: 33
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II*: Ford Castle North Forecourt Wall and Gateway With Laundry and Service Wing Attached to Re…On or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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