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The Sycamore Hebron Hill Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3DF

26/02435/OUTRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 15 October 2026

Council decision: Application Refused2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline permission (all matters reserved) for a linear (North / South) extension to the existing garage building that is ancillary to the dwelling house

Received
10 July 2026
Public comments
2 · last counted 24 October 2026
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 93 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at The Sycamore Hebron Hill Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3DF. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,720 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,504 applications in total for the NE61 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. Notwithstanding the application having been submitted in outline form, further information is required to establish the acceptability of the proposed development in principle, having regard to its location within the Open Countryside. In particular, indicative details of the proposed height, massing, scale and indicative footprint are necessary to enable the Local Planning Authority to assess the potential impact of the development on the Open Countryside. Without this information, the Local Planning Authority is unable to undertake a fully informed assessment of the proposal's compliance with relevant national and local planning policies. As such, and as presented, the proposal cannot be appropriately assessed against Policy STP 1 of the Northumberland Local Plan and Policy S5 of the NPPF.
  2. Notwithstanding the application having been submitted in outline form, further information is required to establish the acceptability of the proposed development in principle, having regard to its location within the Green Belt. In particular, indicative details of the proposed height, massing, scale and footprint are necessary to enable the Local Planning Authority to assess the potential impact of the development on the openness of the Green Belt and its purposes, and to determine whether the proposal constitutes appropriate or inappropriate development. Without this information, the Local Planning Authority is unable to undertake a fully informed assessment of the proposal's compliance with relevant national and local planning policies. As such, and as presented, the proposal cannot be appropriately assessed against Policy STP 8 of the Northumberland Local Plan and Policy GB6 and GB7 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NE61 3DF

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2026
Consultation end
15 October 2026

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0697Next to the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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