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Hightown House Hightown Melkridge Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 0LP

T/20030910Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 September 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Subdivision of house to form one holiday cottage

Received
17 July 2003
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hadrian
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Hightown House Hightown Melkridge Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 0LP. Northumberland (County) has handled 5,584 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Northumberland (County)'s typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 559 applications in total for the NE49 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
NE49 0LP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melkridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2003
Consultation expiry
5 September 2003
Neighbour consultation start
4 August 2003
Target decision date
29 September 2003
Decision published
1 October 2003
Permission expires
29 September 2008

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2003
Advertisement expiry
5 September 2003
Site notice start
11 August 2003

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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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.

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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. 2003
    17 Jul

    Listed Building Consent: Internal alterations to block up ground and first floor doors to subdivide dwelling…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideT/20030909
  2. 2003
    17 Jul

    Subdivision of house to form one holiday cottage

    This applicationApprovedFullT/20030910

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