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Piramal Factory Whalton Road Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3YA

26/00039/VARYCOVariation of Planning ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of Conditions 2 (Approved Plans) and 7 (Surface Water) pursuant to planning permission 23/03856/RENE for the following:- Filter drains running across the Northern field have been replaced by a swale that runs alongside the West side of the field and then connects to the swale in the centre via one filter drain. In the Southern field, the filter drains running through the field have been replaced by filter drains around the Northern and Eastern edges which connect to a swale and are then discharged to an existing drain.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Longhorsley
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Piramal Factory Whalton Road Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3YA. Northumberland (County) has handled 2,203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Longhorsley. We hold 1,507 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

86% of conditions 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
NE61 3YA
Application type
Variation of Planning Condition
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Mitford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
15 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 February 2026
Target decision date
17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lea Hough & Co.
Agent address
Oakshaw House 2 Capricorn Park Blakewater Road Blackburn BB1 5QR

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14580217
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
13

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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