Kielder Castle Castle Drive Kielder Northumberland NE48 1EQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01560/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for installation of a lightning protection system including - stainless steel rod and ESE device to the highest point of the building, two 8mm PVC sheathed conductors to match the colour of the building's stone and associated earth mats to ground the system. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:57

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Application progress

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Received

1 May 2026

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Consultation

5 Jun 2026

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Approved

5 Jun 2026

Approved on 5 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Jul 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Kielder Castle

List entry 1302999 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)

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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85 mGatepiers C.40 Yards North of Kielder CastleGrade II

Historic England ↗

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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. 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.

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.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 33 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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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Important details

Council: Northumberland (County)
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: NE48 1EQ
Received: 1 May 2026
Validated: 1 May 2026
Ward: Bellingham
Parish: Kielder
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 May 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 5 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Mailen Design

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 20 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 92% of listed building works here are.

This one35d

Council55d

UK56d

69%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

161decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14881325
Planning Portal ref: PP-14881325
Consultation: 5 Jun 2026
Comments by: 5 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 12 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 29 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved

Refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and rebuilding of the existing eas…

23/00881/FUL 12 Jun 2023

2023 Approved

Listed Building Consent: Refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and rebui…

23/00882/LBC 12 Jun 2023

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused

PCO PCO1 Castle Drive Kielder Hexham NE48 1EQ

Proposal to remove phone box 01434250242

20/02035/BT 4 May 2021

2020 Approved

9 Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ

Proposed single storey rear extension to form new kitchen/living space and new oak porch…

20/03457/FUL 13 Jan 2021

2019 Approved

Kielder Castle Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ

Listed building consent for refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and re…

19/04460/LBC 16 Mar 2020

2019 Refused

Castle Drive Kielder Hexham NE48 1EQ

Proposal to remove phone box 01434250242

19/03549/BT 13 Nov 2019

2019 Approved

27 Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ

Change of use from Bed & Breakfast (Class C1) back to residential dwelling house (C3)

19/00537/COU 16 Apr 2019

Northumberland (County)

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#207 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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