56B Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BE
Approved on 8 December 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Sui Generis (Tattoo Parlour) to C3 (Dwellinghouse) as amended by details received 07/10/20, by details and drawings received 16/10/20, and further amended by drawings received 29/10/20
- Received
- 11 September 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Morpeth North
- ReceivedReceived11 Sep
- ValidatedValidated11 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Dec
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 56B Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BE. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,506 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 1BE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Morpeth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 September 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 9 December 2020
- Consultation start
- 9 December 2020
- Consultation end
- 9 December 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 October 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 October 2020
- Last date for comments
- 5 November 2020
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2020
- Decision issued
- 9 December 2020
- Permission expires
- 9 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Carter-Smith Planning Consultants 1st Floor Hepscott House Coopies Lane Morpeth NE61 6JT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 October 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 November 2020
- Site notice start
- 7 October 2020
- Site notice end
- 28 October 2020
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09056278
- Documents
- 38
- 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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Source: Northumberland (County)
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