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The National Renewable Energy Centre Narec Test Site Albert Street Blyth Northumberland NE24 1LZ

26/00245/FULApproved

Approved on 26 March 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted3 conditions

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

Erection of cable testing rig facility for the offshore wind sector

Received
26 January 2026
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application at The National Renewable Energy Centre Narec Test Site Albert Street Blyth Northumberland NE24 1LZ. 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. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 680 applications in total for the NE24 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE24 1LZ

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Special Protection Area: Northumberland MarinePart of the site
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, 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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