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Former Benfield Motors Garage Hillgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1XY

23/04342/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 March 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of all existing buildings within the sites application boundary and construction of a residential care home and care apartments with associated car parking and landscaping.

Received
23 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth Stobhill
Agent
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated7 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 456 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Benfield Motors Garage Hillgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1XY. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 470 days, 60 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Morpeth Stobhill. We hold 1,506 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

89% of full 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 1XY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 December 2023
Consultation expiry
29 December 2023
Consultation start
8 December 2023
Consultation end
7 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 December 2023
Last date for comments
29 December 2023
Target decision date
7 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
Architect profile
ACANTHUS DARBYSHIRE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
8 Hawthorn Road Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 4DE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12500376
Comments
0
Documents
125
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
  • Brownfield land register: Benfield VW Garage, Castle Bank, MorpethRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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