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Bates Cottage Post Office Holywell Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0LW

26/03285/COUAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from Sui Generis to Class C3 Dwellinghouse, including the incorporation of the property into adjooining Forge cottage

Received
17 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 24 October 2026
Ward
Holywell
  1. Received17 Sep
  2. Validated17 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Bates Cottage Post Office Holywell Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0LW. Northumberland (County) has handled 16,733 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 17 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Holywell conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 8 applications across Holywell. We hold 278 applications in total for the NE25 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NE25 0LW
Parish
Seaton Valley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 September 2026
Consultation end
16 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Liam Collier

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Holywell
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

Source: Northumberland (County)

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