Understanding planning · 13 min read
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2 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Deadwater Farm Deadwater Kielder Northumberland NE48 1EW
Received 7 Sept 2026Parish Church Of St Mary The Virgin Market Place Holy Island Northumberland TD15 2RX
Received 4 Sept 2026Alexandra House High Street Rothbury Northumberland NE65 7TE
Received 7 Sept 202649 Dunsgreen Ponteland Northumberland NE20 9EJ
Received 7 Sept 2026Benfield Motors Renault Hillgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1XY
Received 7 Sept 2026Land North Of 42 Chapel Close Chapel Close Acomb Northumberland
Received 4 Sept 20262 The Croft Ulgham Northumberland NE61 3BB
Received 7 Sept 2026Land West Of Humbleton Farm Wooler Northumberland
Received 7 Sept 2026Burnside Farmhouse Matfen Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 0RT
Received 7 Sept 202639 Marlow Street Blyth Northumberland NE24 2RQ
Received 7 Sept 2026Land South Of The Gut Riverside Park Amble Northumberland
Received 8 Sept 2026Butley Ben North Lane End Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3JR
Received 8 Sept 202657 Western Avenue Seaton Delaval Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0EP
Received 8 Sept 2026Packhorse Bridge West Road Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BN
Received 7 Sept 2026Merry Leazes East Allendale Road Hexham Northumberland NE46 2NB
Received 8 Sept 2026Applegarth 30 Painshawfield Road Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7PF
Received 7 Sept 2026Rear Of 7 Taylor Street Seahouses NE68 7RU
Received 7 Sept 202621 Cragside Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5EU
Received 7 Sept 2026Aldi North Road Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1QQ
Received 8 Sept 2026Engine Cottage Acomb Hexham Northumberland NE46 4RL
Received 8 Sept 2026Berwick Rangers Football Club Plc Shielfield Park Tweedmouth Northumberland TD15 2EF
Received 8 Sept 2026Prior Manor Stagshaw Road Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5HR
Received 8 Sept 2026Curlew Cottage Great Bavington Northumberland NE19 2BN
Received 8 Sept 2026Millers Cottage 1 Lesbury House Cottages Lesbury Alnwick Northumberland NE66 3PT
Received 8 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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