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15 Market Place Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1HG

26/00920/CUDPA Comm, Busi, Serv to DwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for change of use of first, second and third floor from Class E retail to 5no. residential units

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth North
Agent
Aynsley Planning
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 15 Market Place Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1HG. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Morpeth conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Morpeth North. We hold 1,505 applications in total for the NE61 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
NE61 1HG
Application type
PA Comm, Busi, Serv to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
13 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aynsley Planning
Agent address
Conway House Rothbury NE65 7TE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14691140
Comments
0
Documents
20
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Morpeth
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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