Fairwinds Ulgham Lane Longhirst Northumberland NE61 3NE
Approved on 3 August 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from from a private residence (Class C3) to a supported home (Class C2)
- Received
- 11 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Longhirst
- ReceivedReceived11 Feb
- ValidatedValidated11 Feb
- Consult.Consultation4 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided3 Aug
Decided in 173 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Fairwinds Ulgham Lane Longhirst Northumberland NE61 3NE. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 18 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 42 applications across Longhirst. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- NE61 3NE
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Longhirst
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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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