Brown Rigg, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HR Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26NP0017EL
Utility infrastructure
Council
Northumberland (Park) 5.9/10
Date received
6 Feb 2026
Date validated
6 Feb 2026
Postcode
NE48 2HR

Description

Electricity Notification - Replacement of 12 low voltage electricity wood poles and 11 spans of open wire conductor to Aerial Bunched Conductor (ABC) Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 245.

Day 245, past the statutory target. 81% of full applications in Northumberland (Park) are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.

Day 245189 days past the 56-day target
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 →

Site constraints 6

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
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; Priority habitat about 14 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 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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Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Brown Rigg Caravan and Camping Park, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2JY
Approval of Details reserved by conditions no. 4 (landscaping) and no. 6 (fencing) of pla…
20NP0011
2019 Approved
Tweed House, Brown Rigg Caravan And Camping Park, Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 2JY
Demolition of existing entrance porch and construction of a single storey side extension…
19NP0102
2019 Approved
Brown Rigg Caravan and Camping Park, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2JY
Installation of package treatment plant
19NP0034
2017 Approved
Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 2HR
Approval of details reserved by condition 8 of planning permission 16NP0118 (Landscaping)…
17NP0065
2017 Approved
Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HR
Approval of details reserved by condition 16 of planning permission 16NP0118 (renewable e…
17NP0045
2017 Approved
Tweed House, Bellingham Camping and Caravanning Club Site Brownrigg, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 2JY
Installation of land drain and landscaping works (retrospective)
17NP0021
2016 Approved
Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HR
Redevelopment of Blocks B, C & J from Stables, Main Hall & Dormitory to Ablutions Block…
16NP0118
2016 Approved
Brownrigg Lodges, Bellingham, Northumberland, NE48 2HR
Alteration and extension of existing mains water service trench to accommodate new and/or…
16NP0024
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