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Vallum House Westgate Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 9AF

21/04532/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 June 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail to residential

Received
23 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Haltwhistle
Agent
Insight Architectural Design Ltd
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.21 Jun
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 197 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Vallum House Westgate Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 9AF. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 21 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Haltwhistle conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Haltwhistle. We hold 560 applications in total for the NE49 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
NE49 9AF
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Haltwhistle

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2021
Consultation expiry
16 May 2022
Consultation start
6 December 2021
Consultation end
21 June 2022
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2022
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2022
Last date for comments
16 May 2022
Target decision date
29 April 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Insight Architectural Design Ltd
Agent address
Station House Station Yard Bellingham Hexham NE48 2DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
157 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 December 2021
Advertisement expiry
23 December 2021
Site notice start
16 December 2021
Site notice end
6 January 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10379710
Documents
13
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Haltwhistle
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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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