Northumberland County Council Haltwhistle Library Westgate Haltwhistle Hexham Northumberland NE49 0AX
Approved on 17 September 2008
Council decision: Consent GrantedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Partial demolition of Haltwhistle Library and construction of a new extension to create a new library and community centre
- Received
- 30 May 2008
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Ward
- Haltwhistle
- ReceivedReceived30 May
- ValidatedValidated30 May
- Consult.Consultation30 Jun
- TargetTarget Date25 Jul
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 110 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Northumberland County Council Haltwhistle Library Westgate Haltwhistle Hexham Northumberland NE49 0AX. Northumberland (County) has handled 476 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 9 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Haltwhistle conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Haltwhistle. We hold 559 applications in total for the NE49 postcode area.
90% of all 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
- NE49 0AX
- Application type
- County Council Development
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Haltwhistle
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 May 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 4 July 2008
- Consultation start
- 2 June 2008
- Consultation end
- 30 June 2008
- Last date for comments
- 4 July 2008
- Target decision date
- 25 July 2008
- Committee meeting
- 29 July 2008
- Permission expires
- 17 September 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 1 Arngrove Court Barrack Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE4 6DB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 June 2008
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 July 2008
- Site notice start
- 13 June 2008
- Site notice end
- 4 July 2008
Additional information
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Haltwhistle
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Northumberland (County)
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