2 Old Yeavering Cottages, Kirknewton, Wooler, Northumberland, NE71 6HF Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 21NP0037
Extensions & alterations
Council
Northumberland (Park) 5.9/10
Date received
30 Apr 2026
Date validated
30 Apr 2026
Postcode
NE71 6HF

Description

Erection of ground floor garden room to rear elevation and construction of dormer roof extension to rear elevation Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 9 Oct 2026; it is now day 162.

Day 162, 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 162106 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 7

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 11 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 2
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: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
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Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 186 m away: Ad Gefrin Anglo-Saxon township and prehistoric remains; Priority habitat about 23 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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.

Building

Floor area141 m² (1,518 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (47 out of 100), could reach A
PropertySemi-detached house, 5 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSandstone or limestone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Removal of condition 3 (bat hibernation period)) of planning permission 21NP0037 - Erecti…
21NP0088
2021 Approved
Non-material amendment to planning permission 21NP0037 - Erection of ground floor garden…
21NP0074
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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.