Dark Lane Car Park Dark Lane Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1ST
Approved on 24 May 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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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
- ReceivedReceived30 Mar
- ValidatedValidated30 Mar
- Consult.Consultation14 Jun
- TargetTarget Date29 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 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
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.
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Source: Northumberland (County)
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