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Halton Lea Farm A689 Haltonlegate To Midgeholme County Boundary Haydon Bridge Hexham Brampton Northumberland CA8 7LS

C/10/00267/CCMEIACounty Matter with EIARefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 5 May 2011

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extraction of 140,000 tonnes of coal by opencast methods with subsequent restoration to agricultural and equestrian use, woodlands, ponds and wetland.

Received
29 November 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
24
Ward
Haltwhistle
Agent
Wardell Armstrong LLP
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 150 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Halton Lea Farm A689 Haltonlegate To Midgeholme County Boundary Haydon Bridge Hexham Brampton Northumberland CA8 7LS. Northumberland (County) has handled 815 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 20 applications across Haltwhistle. We hold 625 applications in total for the CA8 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CA8 7LS
Application type
County Matter with EIA
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Hartleyburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2010
Target decision date
28 March 2011
Committee meeting
3 May 2011
Decision issued
6 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wardell Armstrong LLP
Agent address
Wardell Armstrong LLP City Quadrant 11 Waterloo Square Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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

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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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