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Beresford Arms South Side Whalton NE61 3UZ

22/04724/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 May 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part conversion of existing public house to form three additional guest bedrooms to rear and retain public house at smaller scale (Amended Description).

Received
22 December 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Ponteland East And Stannington
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 144 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Beresford Arms South Side Whalton NE61 3UZ. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 3UZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Whalton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2022
Consultation expiry
16 May 2023
Consultation start
16 May 2023
Consultation end
16 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2023
Last date for comments
16 May 2023
Target decision date
16 May 2023
Committee meeting
15 May 2023
Permission expires
16 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thornton Architectural
Agent address
129 The Broadway Darlington DL1 1EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
144 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 January 2023
Advertisement expiry
9 February 2023
Site notice start
26 January 2023
Site notice end
16 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11790253
Documents
15
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Whalton
  • Article 4 direction: Whalton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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