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Wansbeck General Hospital Northern Relief Road Ashington Northumberland

26/01965/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 July 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of ground source heat pumps and associated boreholes, together with electrical equipment and pipework

Received
4 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Seaton With Spital
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wansbeck General Hospital Northern Relief Road Ashington Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Seaton With Spital.

89% of full 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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ashington

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Consultation expiry
25 June 2026
Consultation start
4 June 2026
Consultation end
29 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 June 2026
Last date for comments
25 June 2026
Target decision date
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1RF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14545283
Comments
0
Documents
23
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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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