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E3 Ecology Ltd Office Pasture House Wark Hexham Northumberland NE48 3DG

25/04631/CUDPA Comm, Busi, Serv to DwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for change of use from existing office building to single residential dwelling

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Humshaugh
Agent
R & K Wood Planning LLP
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at E3 Ecology Ltd Office Pasture House Wark Hexham Northumberland NE48 3DG. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 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 56 applications across Humshaugh. We hold 237 applications in total for the NE48 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
NE48 3DG
Application type
PA Comm, Busi, Serv to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wark

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
R & K Wood Planning LLP
Agent address
1 Meadowfield Court Meadowfield Ind. Est. Ponteland Newcastle upon Tyne NE20 9SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14572061
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
5

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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