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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2 approved · 0 refused · 0 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 11 Sept 2026Muddle House Slaley Northumberland NE47 0AA
Received 14 Sept 2026Beresford Road
Received 11 Sept 2026Oak Pool Colliery Lane Catton Northumberland NE47 9EP
Received 14 Sept 2026Land West Of Thropton Demesne Thropton Northumberland
Received 14 Sept 20263 Nunnykirk Close Ovingham Northumberland NE42 6BP
Received 14 Sept 2026Fairfield Crescent Oakwood Hexham Northumberland NE46 4LH
Received 14 Sept 2026Adjacent To The Bungalow Elvaston Road Hexham Northumberland NE46 2HW
Received 14 Sept 20269 York Crescent Alnwick Northumberland NE66 1RL
Received 14 Sept 202684 Front Street Newbiggin-By-The-Sea Northumberland NE64 6QD
Received 15 Sept 20264 The Elms Ellington Northumberland NE61 5LH
Received 15 Sept 202632 Centurian Way The Chesters Bedlington Northumberland NE22 6LD
Received 15 Sept 2026Land South West Of St Cuthbert Close Main Street North Sunderland Northumberland
Received 14 Sept 2026Land South West Of St Cuthbert Close Main Street North Sunderland Northumberland
Received 14 Sept 202611 Orchard Avenue Acomb Hexham Northumberland NE46 4PZ
Received 14 Sept 2026Riding Farm Riding Mill Northumberland NE44 6HW
Received 14 Sept 2026Beeswing 93 Newgate Street Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1BZ
Received 15 Sept 2026Riding Farm Riding Mill Northumberland NE44 6HW
Received 14 Sept 2026Felkington Norham Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 2NR
Received 15 Sept 2026Blyth Valley Garage Cowpen Road Blyth Northumberland NE24 5NF
Received 15 Sept 2026Blyth Valley Garage Cowpen Road Blyth Northumberland NE24 5NF
Received 15 Sept 2026Brook House Ridley Mill Road Stocksfield Northumberland NE43 7QU
Received 15 Sept 2026Rithabhann Hillside Rothbury Northumberland NE65 7YN
Received 15 Sept 2026Land West Of 2 South Farm Cottages Wingates Main Road Wingates Northumberland NE65 8RW
Received 15 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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