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Bridge End Inn West Road Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BN

25/02510/FULRefused

Refused on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Application Refused3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed commercial extraction system and commercial air cooler to replace existing air cooler unit in the same location. (Retrospective)

Received
17 July 2025
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 83 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Bridge End Inn West Road Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BN. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,734 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Ovingham conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 90 applications in total for the NE42 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. As a result of the works, the proposals would result in harm to the Conservation Area, not been outweighed by any identified public benefits. The scheme would have a detrimental impact on the visual amenity of the site and would not be in accordance with Polices QOP 2, HOU 9, ENV 1, ENV 7 and ENV 9 of the Northumberland Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. Based upon the information submitted, insufficient evidence has been provided to show that the development does not result in unacceptable noise and odour impacts on neighbouring properties and would be in accordance with policies QOP 2 and POL 2 of the Northumberland Local Plan 2022 and the NPPF in relation to residential amenity and pollution control.
  3. Insufficient information has been provided with regard to the screening of the extractor unit in order to adequately assess the impact to the neighbouring property in terms of loss of light and creation of an overbearing presence in accordance with QOP 2 of the NLP and policies outlined in the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NE42 6BN

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Ovingham
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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