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Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses 59A Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1PQ

23/03168/COUChange of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective - Change of use of ground floor to Retail and first floor to Residential Flat

Received
22 August 2023
Decision due
3 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Morpeth North
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (14)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Kingdom Hall Of Jehovahs Witnesses 59A Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1PQ. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,505 applications in total for the NE61 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
NE61 1PQ
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation start
6 October 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
12 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12403226
Documents
14
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Morpeth
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

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© 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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