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Moorhouse Farm Care Home Moorhouse Lane Ashington Northumberland NE63 9LJ

26/00740/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 24 September 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent : Conversion of vacant care home into 8no. residential units (5no. single storey & 3no. duplex) together with refurbishment and continued use of the existing adjoining dwelling (resulting in 9 dwellings in total) with associated internal and external works (part retrospective).

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Hirst
Agent
Mario Minchella Architects
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Sep
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 205 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Moorhouse Farm Care Home Moorhouse Lane Ashington Northumberland NE63 9LJ. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 22 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Hirst. We hold 125 applications in total for the NE63 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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. The proposed works would harm the significance of the designated heritage asset, with no significant public benefits identified to outweigh this level of harm. The proposal therefore conflicts with the requirements of policies ENV 1 and ENV 7 of the Northumberland Local Plan, policies HE4, HE5 and HE6 of the National Planning Policy Framework and Sections 16(2) and 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NE63 9LJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashington

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
24 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
3 April 2026
Target decision date
11 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mario Minchella Architects
Agent address
Unit 4, Witney Way Hi-Tech Village Boldon Business Park Boldon NE35 9PE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14484964
Documents
49
Constraints
1

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    Conversion of vacant care home into 8no. residential units (5no. single storey & 3no. duplex) together with…

    RefusedApplicationFiled alongside26/00739/FUL
  2. 2026
    2 Mar

    Listed Building Consent : Conversion of vacant care home into 8no. residential units (5no. single storey &…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent26/00740/LBC

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