National Grid Blyth Sub Station Cambois Northumberland
Approved on 10 September 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval req and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Notification of prior approval for the design and external appearance of a Portable Relay Room under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2025 - Blyth Substation Extension Phase 1.
- Received
- 28 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sleekburn
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Sep
Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at National Grid Blyth Sub Station Cambois Northumberland. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Sleekburn.
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
- Application type
- Outline
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Bedlington
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chloe McClements
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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3 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Source: Northumberland (County)
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