Ashburnside Plantation North of Ashgill House Garrigill Alston CA9 3HD
Refused on 18 August 2026
Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Prior Notification under schedule 2, part 6, class E, for an agricultural track.
- Received
- 22 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Westmorland and Furness
- Ward
- Alston and Fellside
- ReceivedReceived22 Jul
- ValidatedValidated22 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided18 Aug
Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Ashburnside Plantation North of Ashgill House Garrigill Alston CA9 3HD. Westmorland and Furness has handled 788 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westmorland and Furness's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 67 applications in total for the CA9 postcode area.
88% of outline applications at Westmorland and Furness were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The application fails to meet with the requirements and conditions of Schedule 2, Part 6, Class E, E.1 (c) of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Class E, E.1 (c) details development is not permitted by Class E if – any part of the development would be within 25 metres of the metalled portion of a trunk road or classified road; Both the proposed northern and southern sections of the track would be located within 25 metres of the metalled portion of the B6277, which is a classified road.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CA9 3HD
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Alston Moor
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 July 2026
- Application expires
- 18 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 33 Hastings drive Tynemouth NORTH SHIELDS NE30 2LN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Ayushi Yadav
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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 parks, 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: Westmorland and Furness
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