3 Smithy Court Dunstan Northumberland NE66 3TY
Approved on 21 April 2026
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump to be installed to the property.
- Received
- 27 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Longhoughton
- Agent
- Octopus Energy Services
- ReceivedReceived27 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation20 Mar
- TargetTarget Date24 Apr
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 3 Smithy Court Dunstan Northumberland NE66 3TY. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across Longhoughton. We hold 1,410 applications in total for the NE66 postcode area.
89% of full 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
- NE66 3TY
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Craster
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Octopus Energy Services
- Agent address
- Neptune Square Block C, Floor 3 Brighton BN2 0AT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): Northumberland Coast
- Heritage coast: North Northumberland
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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