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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2 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Millers Cottage 1 Lesbury House Cottages Lesbury Alnwick Northumberland NE66 3PT
Received 8 Sept 2026Low Warden Farm House Low Warden Hexham Northumberland NE46 4SN
Received 8 Sept 202615 Killiebrigs Heddon-On-The-Wall Northumberland NE15 0DD
Received 8 Sept 20266 Hester Gardens New Hartley Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0SH
Received 8 Sept 2026The Chapel St Georges Park Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2JE
Received 8 Sept 2026Sheepwash Woods Sheepwash Road Sheepwash Choppington Northumberland
Received 8 Sept 2026Catchburn Farm Catchburn Morpeth Northumberland NE61 6DF
Received 8 Sept 20262 Bolland Mews Bullers Green Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1EL
Received 8 Sept 2026Horsley Hills Newcastle Upon Tyne NE15 0NX
Received 8 Sept 2026The Dovecote Durham Riding Prudhoe NE42 5NX
Received 9 Sept 2026Hymount 9 The Dell Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3JY
Received 9 Sept 20267 Collingwood Place Stakeford Northumberland NE62 5HR
Received 9 Sept 2026Wansbeck House Kirkwhelpington Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE19 2RT
Received 9 Sept 2026White Gates Cottage Elvaston Park Road Hexham Northumberland NE46 2HT
Received 9 Sept 2026Land South West Of 1 Well Road Batt House Road Stocksfield Northumberland
Received 9 Sept 2026Street Record Hedley Tynedale District Footpath 009 Hedley Northumberland
Received 9 Sept 2026Adjacent To 1 Winston Way New Ridley Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7RF
Received 9 Sept 2026S/O 35 MEADOWFIELD ROAD (In Footpath) STOCKSFIELD NE43 7PY
Received 9 Sept 2026O/S CARA HOUSE MAIN ROAD, STOCKSFIELD, NE43 7NJ
Received 9 Sept 2026Land North West Of Ford Rise Main Road Stocksfield Northumberland
Received 9 Sept 2026Site E Wansbeck Business Park Ashington Northumberland NE63 8QW
Received 9 Sept 202615 Tynedale Gardens Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7EZ
Received 10 Sept 2026S/O 5 PAINSHAWFIELD ROAD, STOCKSFIELD, NE43 7EA
Received 9 Sept 2026Braeside Swarland Morpeth Northumberland NE65 9HZ
Received 9 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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