Woodburn Hill West Woodburn Hexham Northumberland NE48 2TT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01709/AGRGDO Approved

Proposal

Notification of prior approval for the erection of a steel frame building 12m wide x 24m long and the extension will be a steel frame lean-to building 6m wide x 12m long bolted to existing buildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:58

Application progress

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Received

14 May 2026

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Approved

11 Jun 2026

Approved on 11 Jun 2026 · Last checked 15 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Public footpath about 9 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 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 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: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument about 144 m away: Medieval cross, 150m west of Woodburnhill Farm

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 727 m away: Ray II Wind Farm, at pre-application.

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 Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £1,742,528 in January 2022. Detached house, freehold.

31 January 2022£1,742,528

15 May 2017£750,000Other property. Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: Northumberland (County)
Postcode: NE48 2TT
Received: 14 May 2026
Validated: 14 May 2026
Decision: Prior Approval not required
Decision date: 11 Jun 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 28 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 87% of commercial and major works here are.

This one28d

Council56d

UK57d

55%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

111decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14932669
Planning Portal ref: PP-14932669

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

2023 Approved

Notification of Prior Approval for erection of 1no steel frame building 12m wide x 24m lo…

23/03317/AGRGDO 2 Oct 2023

2018 Approved

Alteration/incorporation of outbuildings into existing single dwelling (Retrospective)

18/02527/FUL 3 Oct 2018

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