Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses 59A Bridge Street Morpeth NE61 1PQ
Approved on 21 January 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Outline permission for conversion of existing place of worship to provide 2no 2 bed apartments at ground floor level and internal alterations to first floor accommodation with extant C1 use, to provide self-contained 2 bed apartment.
- Received
- 6 August 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Morpeth North
- Agent
- John Hare Architect
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated22 Aug
- Consult.Consultation21 Jan
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided21 Jan
Decided in 152 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses 59A Bridge Street Morpeth NE61 1PQ. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 17 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,505 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- NE61 1PQ
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Morpeth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 August 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 21 January 2020
- Consultation start
- 21 January 2020
- Consultation end
- 21 January 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 August 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 September 2019
- Last date for comments
- 26 September 2019
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2020
- Permission expires
- 21 January 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Hare Architect
- Agent address
- 10 Horseshoe Way Morpeth NE61 2GP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 152 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 September 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 September 2019
- Site notice start
- 30 August 2019
- Site notice end
- 20 September 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08048593
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Morpeth
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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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Source: Northumberland (County)
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