Shipley Lane Farm Shipley Lane Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LS Data via plota.co.uk

26/01404/AGRGDO - Agricultural Determination Application Approved
Agricultural

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for 2 steel portal framed agricultural building to be used for general purpose agricultural use, storage of agricultural equipment/machinery and the storage of hay/straw bales Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 Apr 2026
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Approved
30 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 20 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) 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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 26 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
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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Important details

Council
Northumberland (County)
Application type
Agricultural Determination Application
Postcode
NE66 2LS
Received
20 Apr 2026
Validated
20 Apr 2026
Ward
Wooler
Parish
Eglingham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 May 2026
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
30 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ian Rutherford Surveying Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 10 days from validation, 42 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 52 for agricultural works. Approved, as 87% of agricultural works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
135decided in the last year

Plota live figures for agricultural works decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14868200
Planning Portal ref
PP-14868200
Statutory expiry
18 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Shipley Lane Cottage Shipley Lane Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LS
1.5 storey extension on south elevation
19/00223/FUL
Northumberland (County)
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#207 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Northumberland (County) ranks #167 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Northumberland (County) decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #158 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #178 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #167 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #210 of 296
80%
Minor dwellings approved
223 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
36 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
71 decided
2,013
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings