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Black Bull Hotel Front Street Wark Hexham Northumberland NE48 3LG

25/04395/COUApproved

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use from Aparthotel (5 no. apartments) to 5no. 1 & 2 bedroom flats for rent

Received
5 December 2025
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated8 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Black Bull Hotel Front Street Wark Hexham Northumberland NE48 3LG. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,734 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 237 applications in total for the NE48 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE48 3LG

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 December 2025

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

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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