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Land To North West Of St Marys Church Swinburn Northumberland

21/04984/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 May 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Retrospective - Change of use of agricultural land to a private burial site for family use only

Received
23 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Humshaugh
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 152 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land To North West Of St Marys Church Swinburn Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 152 days, 15 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Humshaugh. We hold 237 applications in total for the NE48 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
NE48 4DQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Chollerton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2021
Consultation expiry
7 March 2022
Consultation start
21 February 2022
Consultation end
24 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
23 December 2021
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2022
Last date for comments
7 March 2022
Target decision date
17 February 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Galbraith
Agent address
Hexham Business Park Burn Lane Hexham NE46 3RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 January 2022
Site notice end
8 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10486867
Documents
10
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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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