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Land At Former Bates Colliery Site Cowpen Blyth Northumberland

23/03313/VARYCOVariation of Planning ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 14 November 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 27 (Noise) pursuant to planning permission 16/04622/FUL to amend the wording to "The development hereby approved shall be carried out in strict accordance with drawing 450-3 Rev E - Boundary Treatments, NSD114 2.2m Screen Wall, NSD115 2m Screen Wall and Noise Assessment GH/BC/001 to ensure noise mitigation is implemented to Plots 11, 17, 22-47, 71-75, 96-101 and 113. Boundary treatments to be erected prior to the occupation of the Plots listed above"

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Cowpen
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Land At Former Bates Colliery Site Cowpen Blyth Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 2,203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Cowpen.

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

Application type
Variation of Planning Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Blyth

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2023
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Consultation start
8 September 2023
Consultation end
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
8 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2023
Last date for comments
6 October 2023
Target decision date
5 December 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12412725
Documents
17
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    23 Mar

    Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans) and 24 (masonry wall detail/boundary treatment plan) on approved…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01042/VARYCO
  2. 2025
    12 Feb

    Variation or Condition 27 ( detailed scheme for an attenuation barrier) and 32 (SuDS features) on approved…

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)25/00531/VARYCO
  3. 2024
    23 May

    Discharge of condition 19 (travel plan) on approved application 16/04622/FUL

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/01791/DISCON
  4. 2023
    13 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 19 (Travel Plan), 20 (Refuse Storage), 22 (Verification Report), 24 (Gas Protection)…

    PendingDischarge of conditions23/04243/DISCON
  5. 2021
    10 Nov

    Variation of condition of condition 27(attenuation barrier) on approved application 16/04622/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)21/04388/VARYCO

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