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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Northumberland County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
2 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Jul 2026 to 15 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Westacres West Road South Hexham Northumberland NE46 3DD
Received 3 Sept 2026Barclays 22 - 24 Hide Hill Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1AF
Received 3 Sept 202647 Whinfell Road Darras Hall Ponteland Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 9EW
Received 2 Sept 2026Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Received 2 Sept 202620 Dene Grove Seghill Northumberland NE23 7EP
Received 3 Sept 202630 West Acres Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2QA
Received 3 Sept 20264 Bridge Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1NG
Received 3 Sept 2026Land East Of 63 Front Street Front Street Prudhoe Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Land East Of 63 Front Street Front Street Prudhoe Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Bythorne Farm Wylam Tynedale District Wylam Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Land South East Of New Hall Farm Amble Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Land To South East Of Newstead Farm Chathill Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Crescent House Town Hall Crescent Haltwhistle Northumberland NE49 0DQ
Received 3 Sept 2026High Trewitley Longhorsley Morpeth Northumberland NE65 8QP
Received 3 Sept 2026Land South West Of Pump House Cornhill-On-Tweed Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Land North East Of Hells Bottom The Forks To High Long House Kielder Northumberland
Received 4 Sept 2026Forge Cottage 16 The Village Eglingham Northumberland NE66 2TZ
Received 4 Sept 202611 Meadow Lane Beadnell Northumberland NE67 5AJ
Received 4 Sept 2026101, 103 And 105 Allensgreen Hall Close Green Cramlington Northumberland NE23 6SG
Received 3 Sept 2026The Farmshop Epiacum Roman Fort Kirkhaugh Alston Northumberland CA9 3BG
Received 4 Sept 2026Land South Of Tremaine Newbiggin Road Ashington Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 20268 Pier Maltings Pier Road Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1JB
Received 7 Sept 20262 Wellington Terrace Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1HW
Received 4 Sept 2026Land At Gloster Hill Amble Northumberland
Received 3 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Northumberland County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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