26 - 28 Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BA
Approved on 4 September 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Part demolition of existing premises at rear of Lumsden's Lane and replaced with proposed mixed-use development for retail and residential units
- Received
- 26 November 2019
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 16
- Ward
- Morpeth North
- Agent
- Carter-Smith Planning Consultants
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date31 Jul
- DecidedDecided4 Sep
Decided in 274 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 26 - 28 Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BA. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 283 days, 33 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Ashley conservation area, with 3 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.
89% of full 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 1BA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Morpeth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2020
- Consultation start
- 4 September 2020
- Consultation end
- 4 September 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 July 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 December 2019
- Last date for comments
- 2 January 2020
- Target decision date
- 31 July 2020
- Committee meeting
- 21 July 2020
- Permission expires
- 4 September 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Carter-Smith Planning Consultants
- Agent address
- 1st Floor Hepscott House Coopies Lane Morpeth NE61 6JT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 239 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 December 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 January 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08317122
- Documents
- 47
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Morpeth
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Northumberland (County)
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Consultants on this application
- Carter-Smith Planning Consultants · Agent for this application
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