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Hightown Farm Hightown Melkridge Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 0LP

T/20061003Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 September 2006

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Listed Building Consent: Internal and external alterations for conversion of agricultural building to form one residential dwelling

Received
25 July 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hadrian
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Hightown Farm Hightown Melkridge Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 0LP. Northumberland (County) has handled 958 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 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 559 applications in total for the NE49 postcode area.

88% of heritage 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
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melkridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2006
Consultation expiry
30 August 2006
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2006
Target decision date
19 September 2006
Decision issued
19 September 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent
Malcolm Orange
Agent address
Beauclerc Court Riding Mill Northumberland NE44 6HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 August 2006
Advertisement expiry
25 August 2006
Site notice start
31 July 2006
Site notice end
30 August 2006

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    25 Jul

    Listed Building Consent: Internal and external alterations for conversion of agricultural building to form…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentT/20061003
  2. 2006
    25 Jul

    Change of use and conversion of agricultural building to form one residential dwelling

    ApprovedChange of UseFiled alongsideT/20061004

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