15 Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1NX

23/00115/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 14 September 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent for - Change of use to Airbnb to include restoration of external internal fabric. Windows to be refurbished with secondary double glazing to the rear with a slim aluminium profile siding sash to match existing. Chimney stack cut back and walling made good with addition of a tie beam at ceiling level to allow chimney stack to remain at roof level. Removal of staircase to rear. Insertion of 2 new windows to rear of building and new conservation roof lights to lantern below either side of ridge.

Received: 13 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: Northumberland County Council
Ward: Morpeth North

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date30 Jun
DecidedDecided14 Sep

Decided in 238 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 15 Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1NX. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 244 days, 28 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,506 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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 1NX
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 September 2023
Consultation start: 14 September 2023
Consultation end: 14 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 19 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 9 February 2023
Last date for comments: 14 September 2023
Target decision date: 30 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 3 Waterloo Square Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4DR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 162 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 26 January 2023
Advertisement expiry: 16 February 2023
Site notice start: 10 February 2023
Site notice end: 3 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11820891
Documents: 18
Constraints: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Morpeth
Listed building: Grade II: No 15 and Attached Area RailingsOn this site · +2 more
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.

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Source: Northumberland (County)

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