Rock South Farm Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LG
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Notification of Prior Approval for change of use from agricultural building to residential, 3no. dwellinghouses.
- Received
- 6 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Longhoughton
- Agent
- Michie Group
- ReceivedReceived6 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation20 Apr
- TargetTarget Date18 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Rock South Farm Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LG. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 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 72 applications across Longhoughton. We hold 1,410 applications in total for the NE66 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
- NE66 2LG
- Application type
- Prior Approval Agric to Residential
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Rennington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 20 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Michie Group
- Agent address
- 5F Linnet Court Cawledge Business Park Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2GD
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.
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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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