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3-4 Fawcetts Yard Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BG

24/03817/CUDPA Change of use to DwellinghouseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 23 December 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Notification of prior approval for the change of use from commercial, business and service uses to a dwellinghouse

Received
6 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth North
Agent
Carter-Smith Planning Consultants
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 3-4 Fawcetts Yard Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BG. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1BG
Application type
PA Change of use to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2024
Consultation expiry
29 November 2024
Consultation start
8 November 2024
Consultation end
4 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2024
Last date for comments
29 November 2024
Target decision date
1 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter-Smith Planning Consultants
Agent address
1st Floor, Hepscott House Coopies Lane Morpeth NE61 6JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13508874
Comments
0
Documents
15
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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