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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2 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North West Of Greenside Grange Hartburn Northumberland
Received 9 Sept 20266 Grenville Court Darras Hall Ponteland Northumberland NE20 9HT
Received 9 Sept 20266 Kippy Law Seahouses Northumberland NE68 7YH
Received 9 Sept 2026Street Record Carham Berwick Borough Footpath 011 Carham Northumberland
Received 9 Sept 2026Street Record Carham Berwick Borough Footpath 011 Carham Northumberland
Received 10 Sept 202618-22 Front Street Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5AP
Received 10 Sept 2026Land East Of 10 And 11 Greens Park Warkworth Northumberland NE65 0GY
Received 10 Sept 2026Chapel Cottage West Thirston Northumberland NE65 9EF
Received 10 Sept 2026Farm Buildings West Of Red Lion Cottages Whittingham Road Glanton Northumberland NE66 4AS
Received 9 Sept 2026Saint Michaels Church Bailiffgate Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1NB
Received 9 Sept 2026James Calvert Spence College Upper School Acklington Road Amble Northumberland NE65 0NG
Received 10 Sept 2026Rose Cottage 1 Redstead Cottages Christon Bank Alnwick Northumberland NE66 3EU
Received 9 Sept 20265 The Pinfold Rothbury Northumberland NE65 7TN
Received 10 Sept 2026Swarland Hall Cottage Coast View Swarland Northumberland NE65 9JF
Received 10 Sept 2026Bettys Cottage East Mill Hills Haydon Bridge Northumberland NE47 6JS
Received 10 Sept 2026North Bellshill Farm Bellshill Belford NE70 7HP
Received 10 Sept 2026Todburn Steel Slaley Northumberland NE47 0DH
Received 11 Sept 2026Todburn Steel Slaley Northumberland NE47 0DH
Received 11 Sept 2026Outside Of School House & 2-3 Coulson Court Greenhead CA8 7HP
Received 10 Sept 2026Fenwick Stead Farmhouse Fenwick Belford Northumberland NE70 7PL
Received 11 Sept 202618 Linden Way Darras Hall Ponteland Northumberland NE20 9DP
Received 11 Sept 2026Land North West Of Leawater Allendale Northumberland
Received 11 Sept 20268 Church Lane Bedlington Northumberland NE22 5EL
Received 11 Sept 2026Western Way Darras Hall Ponteland Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 9ND
Received 10 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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