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Land South West Of Chalets Percy Wood Golf Club And Country Retreat Coast View Swarland Northumberland

25/04076/FULRefused

Refused on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Application Refused1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Reconfiguration of the existing golf course, change of use of the 7 northernmost golf holes to accommodate up to 180 additional new static caravans/lodges and creation of a new leisure hub building with associated access, parking, drainage ponds and landscaping works

Received
13 November 2025
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 160 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Land South West Of Chalets Percy Wood Golf Club And Country Retreat Coast View Swarland Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,734 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 16 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would be contrary to Policy ECN 12 of the Northumberland Local Plan as the extent of the growth and upscaling of the business in a rural location would not comply with the constraints of the site and its surroundings including, harm to the landscape, overdevelopment and impact on the character of the village of Swarland.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025
Consultation end
27 April 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
458

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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

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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