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Craster Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 3SS

A/2001/0248Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2001

Council decision: Application Permitted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

16.8m high colinear antenna

Received
30 May 2001
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Craster Tower, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 3SS. 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. The site is in 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,410 applications in total for the NE66 postcode area.

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

Postcode
NE66 3SS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Craster

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2001
Consultation expiry
21 June 2001
Consultation start
20 June 2001
Consultation end
20 June 2001
Target decision date
30 May 2001
Committee meeting
23 July 2001
Decision issued
25 July 2001
Application expires
20 June 2001

Applicant and agent

Agent
NTL
Agent address
Estates Group, Crawley Court, Winchester, Hants, SO21 2QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
16 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 June 2001
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II*: Craster TowerOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref PKT0017
  • National Landscape (AONB): Northumberland Coast
  • Heritage coast: North Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2001
    30 May

    16.8m high colinear antenna

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideA/2001/0244
  2. 2001
    30 May

    16.8m high colinear antenna

    This applicationApprovedFullA/2001/0248

Source: Northumberland (County)

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