Calder Farmhouse, Roddam, Powburn, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 4YA Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 26NP0026
Admin / procedural
Council
Northumberland (Park) 5.9/10
Date received
around 17 Feb 2026
Date validated
17 Feb 2026
Decision date
14 Apr 2026
Postcode
NE66 4YA

Description

Approval of details reserved by condition no. 17 (Archaeological Written Scheme of Investigation) of 24NP0119 - Proposed conversion, extension and repurposing of the grade II listed buildings at Calder Farmhouse, including the two adjacent cottages and the adjacent agricultural buildings to form one 7 bedroom dwellinghouse. Alterations to the dwellinghouse, including the demolition of the domestic extension. Proposed extension to the rear of the dwellinghouse. Demolition of existing listed agricultural outbuildings. Change of use of adjacent agricultural land to expand the domestic curtilage of the dwellinghouse. Change of use of agricultural land for the creation of a domestic tennis court. Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Calder Farmhouse and attached cottages, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Northumberland National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Discharge of condition 3 (development phasing plan) and 13 (demolition method statement)…
25NP0081LBC
2025 Approved
Discharge of conditions 3 (development phasing plan), 14 (demolition method statement), t…
25NP0080
2024 Approved
Proposed conversion, extension and repurposing of the grade II listed buildings at Calder…
24NP0119
2024 Approved
Listed Building Consent – The proposed conversion, extension and repurposing of the grade…
24NP0120LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Calder, Powburn, Northumberland, NE66 4YA
Application for prior notification - Proposed steel portal framed general purpose agricul…
24NP0132
2024 Approved
Calder, Powburn, Northumberland, NE66 4YA
Prior Approval - Demolition of 2 agricultural buildings
24NP0062
Northumberland (Park)
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#107 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Northumberland (Park) is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #78 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Northumberland (Park) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #114 of 296
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #161 of 296
75%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #78 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #131 of 296
100%
Minor dwellings approved
7 decided (1-9 homes)
75%
Change of use approved
4 decided
39
Total decisions
4 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings