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Applebys Book Shop 60 Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BE

19/04600/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 January 2020

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from A1 and A3 to A1, A3 and D2

Received
15 November 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Morpeth North
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Applebys Book Shop 60 Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BE. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 12 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.

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 1BE
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2019
Consultation expiry
23 January 2020
Consultation start
23 January 2020
Consultation end
23 January 2020
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2019
Neighbour consultation end
23 December 2019
Last date for comments
2 January 2020
Target decision date
24 January 2020
Permission expires
23 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 December 2019
Advertisement expiry
2 January 2020

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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