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Allendale Creative Artists Cic Allendale Forge Studios And Visitor Centre Market Place Allendale Hexham Northumberland NE47 9BD

26/00734/SOLARPA Solar PV Panels non-domesticApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

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

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval to install 45no. solar panels on two South West facing pitched roofs, a South East facing pitched roof and a South facing pitched roof of a non-domestic building.

Received
27 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Tynedale
Agent
Jo-Anne Garrick Ltd
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Allendale Creative Artists Cic Allendale Forge Studios And Visitor Centre Market Place Allendale Hexham Northumberland NE47 9BD. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Allendale conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across South Tynedale. We hold 713 applications in total for the NE47 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
NE47 9BD
Application type
PA Solar PV Panels non-domestic
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Allendale

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jo-Anne Garrick Ltd
Agent address
2 Briar Edge Forest Hall Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne And Wear NE12 7JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
9

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: Allendale
  • Listed building: Grade II: Kings Head HotelOn or next to this site
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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