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Lavender Glades Land South Of Apperley Road Hedley Northumberland

26/02088/AGRGDORefused
Prior approval

Refused on 23 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for the erection of a new timber forestry storage building

Received
11 June 2026
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Lavender Glades Land South Of Apperley Road Hedley Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,734 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

Why it was refused

  1. From the information that has been supplied it has not been demonstrated that the land to which this application relates is being used for the purposes of forestry, or that the building proposed is reasonably necessary for the purposes of forestry on the land. The proposed development is not considered to be reasonably necessary for the purposes of forestry and as such is not considered to constitute permitted development under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The applicant has refused to enter into the prior approval process and thus the required details to assess the application have not been provided nor has the mandatory site notice been displayed in conflict with the conditions of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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: Northumberland (County)

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