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Kirknewton Village Hall, Kirknewton, Northumberland, NE71 6XF

25NP0092OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Determination - Prior Approval of Details Required

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

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for installation of 40 solar panels to pitched roof

Received
21 October 2025
Council
Northumberland (Park)
Ward
Wooler ED
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Kirknewton Village Hall, Kirknewton, Northumberland, NE71 6XF. Northumberland (Park) has handled 42 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Northumberland (Park)'s typical decision time. The site is in the Kirknewton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Wooler ED. We hold 73 applications in total for the NE71 postcode area.

93% of outline applications at Northumberland (Park) were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE71 6XF
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kirknewton CP
District
Northumberland County Council - North Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Alnside Whittingham Alnwick NE66 4SJ

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • National park: Northumberland
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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 (Park)

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