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Dark Lane Car Park Dark Lane Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1ST

23/01161/VARYCOVariation of Planning ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 May 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Removal of conditions 1 (commenced within three years from the date of this permission), 2 (phasing of the development), 3 (At least 67% of all ground floor space shall be A1 retail use), 4 (phasing and management of all car parks), 5 (external materials), 6 (replacement Bus station), 7 (public art), 8 (long stay car parking area), 9 (long stay car parking area), 10 (hard and soft landscaping), 11(shop fronts, including any security shutters, signage and any proposed illumination), 12 (street furniture), 13 (cycle parking), 14 (layout plan), 15 (ingress/egress arrangements), 17 (roadworks), 18 (phasing of the development), 19 (footpaths, carriageways, parking spaces, and service areas), 20 (site compound), 21 (wheel washing facility), 22 (construction vehicles), 23 (parking spaces), 24 (sheltered and secure cycle parking facilities), 25 (Road Improvements), 26 (Sections 3.2 and 3.3 within the Fairhurst report), 27 (Vegetation removal), 28 (buffer zone), 29 (landscaping scheme), 30 (desktop study), 31(Method Statement), 32 (contamination), 33 (Method Statement), 34 (protective measures), 36 (noise report) and 37 (archaeological mitigation work) on approved application CM/06/D/133 in order to provide greater flexibility in the letting of the shopping centre and remove redundant conditions. Retain conditions 16 and 35. Vary condition 3 to read, "At least 67% of all ground floor space shall be class A1 of the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order 2005." and delete all other conditions.

Received
30 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Morpeth North
Agent
Planning Prospects Ltd
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target29 Jun
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Dark Lane Car Park Dark Lane Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1ST. Northumberland (County) has handled 2,203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. 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.

86% of conditions 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 1ST
Application type
Variation of Planning Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2023
Consultation expiry
14 June 2023
Consultation start
24 May 2023
Consultation end
14 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 April 2023
Last date for comments
14 June 2023
Target decision date
29 June 2023
Permission expires
24 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Prospects Ltd
Agent address
4 Mill Pool Nash Lane Belbroughton DY9 9AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
11 May 2023
Site notice start
21 April 2023
Site notice end
12 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12046225
Documents
11
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: MorpethPart of the site
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

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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