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Benfield Motors Renault Hillgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1XY

26/00453/DISCONDischarge of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Partial Consent / Partial RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 15 (Archaeological Work), 16 (Demolition Method Statement) and 20 (Demolition Method Statement) of approved applicaion 23/04342/FUL

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth North
Agent
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Benfield Motors Renault Hillgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1XY. Northumberland (County) has handled 2,203 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,506 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 1XY
Application type
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Consultation end
3 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acanthus Darbyshire Architects
Architect profile
ACANTHUS DARBYSHIRE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 11 The Basilica 2 King Charles St Leeds Yorkshire LS1 6LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14672042
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Morpeth
  • Brownfield land register: Benfield VW Garage, Castle Bank, MorpethRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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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