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Post Office, 74, Main Street, Spittal, Berwick-upon-tweed, TD151QY

N/06/B/0671Change of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 October 2006

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shops (a1) to create a dwelling (c3).

Received
20 July 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Sep
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Post Office, 74, Main Street, Spittal, Berwick-upon-tweed, TD151QY. Northumberland (County) has handled 824 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Spittal conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,129 applications in total for the TD15 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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
TD15 1QY
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spittal

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2006
Consultation expiry
9 August 2006
Consultation start
20 July 2006
Neighbour consultation start
20 July 2006
Target decision date
14 September 2006
Decision issued
4 October 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 July 2006
Site notice end
9 August 2006

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Spittal
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Spittal
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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