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26/03334/MISC - Miscellaneous Approved
Telecoms masts

Proposal

The removal of 3 x RRZZT4S4-65B0-R6 antenna at 2 x at 39m and 1 x at 38.5m from the existing 45.38m lattice tower. These will be replaced with the installation of 3 x AFF4 antenna 2 x at 39m and 1 x at 38.5m and 3 x AFF1 antenna 2 x at 40.03m and 1 x at 39.53m utilising both new and existing steelwork of the lattice tower. Ancillary works will see the removal of 6 x ERS units, 1 x hybrid cable and 6 x AVA5-50 feeder cables. These will be replaced by the deployment of 9 x RFF1 e Units, 3 x RFF2e Units using existing support poles and new ERS rails, 6 x 7-way DC BoB Boxes, 3 x Multicore fibre cables, 3 x DC Cables, and refreshment works within the ground based equipment cabin. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Sept 2026
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Approved
7 Oct 2026

Approved on 7 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Tyne and Wear
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Leeds). 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.
Survey report ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project 1062 m away: Morpeth Northern Bypass
The site is 1062 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate 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
Miscellaneous
Received
18 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Pegswood
Parish
Pegswood
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Oct 2026
Decision
Application is permitted development
Decision date
7 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 19 days from validation, 37 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

57%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
1,122decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Oct 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%).

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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