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24-27 Sanderson Arcade Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1NS

26/01561/CUDPA Comm, Busi, Serv to DwellinghouseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for change of use from existing office and commercial use (Use Class E) to 9no. residential apartments (Use Class C3)

Received
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Morpeth North
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 24-27 Sanderson Arcade Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1NS. 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 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 1NS
Application type
PA Comm, Busi, Serv to Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Consultation start
5 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Carter-Smith Planning Consultants Morpeth Business Hub 17A Coopies Haugh Morpeth NE61 6JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14897603
Comments
0
Documents
27
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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
    1 May

    Notification of Prior Approval for change of use from existing office and commercial use (Use Class E) to…

    This applicationApprovedOutline26/01561/CUD
  2. 2026
    1 May

    Proposed external changes to existing building, associated with separate Prior Approval for change of use to…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside26/01562/FUL

Source: Northumberland (County)

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