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Sansom Specialist Cars Unit 2 Site 4 Coopies Field Morpeth Northumberland NE61 6JT

26/00380/COUChange of UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 17 March 2026

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective: Change of use frrom B8 warehouse & distribution to ED dance studio

Received
3 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth Stobhill
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sansom Specialist Cars Unit 2 Site 4 Coopies Field Morpeth Northumberland NE61 6JT. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Morpeth Stobhill. We hold 1,506 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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. Insufficient information has been provided which clearly shows that the proposal would not result in an adverse impact on the safety of highway users, the highway network, or highway assets. The development is therefore contrary to Policies TRA2 and TRA 4 of the Northumberland Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NE61 6JT
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation end
18 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2026
Last date for comments
25 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14649957
Comments
0
Documents
14
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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