Ritton White House Netherwitton Northumberland NE61 4PP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01574/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion of existing Stone Byre to create 1 no. residential units with associated parking and sewage treatment plant. Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

5 May 2026

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Consultation

30 Jun 2026

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Approved

30 Jun 2026

Approved on 30 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Jul 2026

Documents 12

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), 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.

Public bridleway about 25 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.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

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: Full Application
Postcode: NE61 4PP
Received: 5 May 2026
Validated: 5 May 2026
Ward: Longhorsley
Parish: Nunnykirk
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 2 Jun 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 30 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Galbraith

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

This one56d

Council60d

UK56d

44%decided within 8 weeks

82%approved

155decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14838577
Planning Portal ref: PP-14838577
Neighbours: 5 May 2026
Consultation: 30 Jun 2026
Comments by: 30 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 19 May 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

Ritton White House Netherwitton Northumberland NE61 4PP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 12

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 3

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 7

Site constraints 5

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates