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Land North West Of Middleton Hall Middleton Belford Northumberland

25/04672/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Conversion of 3 no. agricultural buildings (former poultry sheds) into 12 no residential dwellings with installation of associated of sewage treatment plants

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bamburgh
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 102 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North West Of Middleton Hall Middleton Belford Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 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 90 applications across Bamburgh.

89% of full applications at Northumberland County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would include the conversion of two buildings which are not redundant or disused and the application is premature in this regard. Insufficient information was submitted with the application in relation to health and wellbeing. The proposals would not accord with any exception for residential development in the open countryside as set out by the Development Plan. The proposal is not considered to be acceptable as a matter of principle and would be contrary to Policies STP 1, STP 5, HOU 2, HOU 8 and HOU 10 of the NLP, Policy 1 of Belford Parish Neighbourhood Plan, and the principles of the NPPF.
  2. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to enable the authority to make a full and robust assessment of the proposal in respect of its potential impacts on highways and highway safety to establish whether the proposed development is acceptable in this context. The proposals in their current form would also have an adverse impact on Public Rights of Way, and would not be compliant with Access Route criteria for the Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies TRA 1, TRA 2 and TRA 4 of the Northumberland Local Plan and the NPPF.
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to enable the authority to make a full and robust assessment of the proposal in respect of its potential impacts upon ecological interests.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
12
Parish
Middleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Galbraith
Agent address
16 Telford Court Morpeth Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2DB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14444787
Documents
74
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Lindisfarne SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

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