The Old Rectory, Falstone, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1AE Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 26NP0021
AgriculturalUtility infrastructure
Council
Northumberland (Park) 5.9/10
Date received
around 5 Feb 2026
Date validated
5 Feb 2026
Decision date
2 Apr 2026
Postcode
NE48 1AE

Description

Proposed construction of a stable block, along with associated yard, retaining wall, surface water drainage and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 87% of full applications here are.

56%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
96,673decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent full applications in Northumberland (Park) to go on. Northumberland (Park) decision record →

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Drinking Fountain, Grade II, about 25 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
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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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 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 Mining Remediation Authority, 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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24 Apr 2026Approved

The Old Rectory, Falstone, NE48 1AE

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Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025 Approved
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2024 Refused
The Cottage, Falstone, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Part-Retrospective application for the retention of a single storey timber structure to r…
24NP0104
2024 Approved
United Reform Church, Falstone, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Listed Building Consent - Removal of a war memorial currently installed within the church…
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2023 Approved
The Black Cock Inn, Falstone, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Replacement of single storey extension to north elevation with two storey extension to in…
23NP0040
2021 Withdrawn
The Black Cock Inn, Falstone, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Replacement of existing single storey flat roofed extension with two storey extension to…
22NP0035
2021 Withdrawn
Braefoot, Falstone, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Proposed replacement outbuilding and rear porch
21NP0021
2020 Refused
PCO PCO1 Falstone Hexham NE48 1AA
Proposal to remove phone box 01434240211
20/02032/BT
2019 Refused
Falstone Hexham NE48 1AA
Proposal to remove phone box 01434240211
19/03544/BT
2017 Approved
The Cottage, Falstone, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
Demolition of existing single storey rear extension. Erection of two storey rear extensio…
17NP0088
Northumberland (Park)
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#107 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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