School House Paddock Close Matfen Northumberland NE20 0RP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01790/FUL - Full Application Withdrawn
Extensions & alterationsListed buildings

Proposal

Replacement of existing timber-framed windows to the principal front and side elevations with slim-profile heritage aluminium windows. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
20 May 2026
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Validated
21 May 2026
✓
Consultation
8 Jul 2026
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Withdrawn
8 Jul 2026

Withdrawn on 8 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 20 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF COMMENT (SUPPORT) SUBMITTED ONLINE Support Comment · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE Consultee Comment · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Withdrawn Withdrawn · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Matfen conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
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) 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.
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Blackett House and Temperance Cottage, Grade II, about 20 m from the postcode pin · 9 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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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Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
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 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 £477,500 in August 2016. Terraced house, freehold.

12 August 2016£477,500
1 July 1999£184,500

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)
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
NE20 0RP
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Ponteland West
Parish
Matfen
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
8 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14949109
Planning Portal ref
PP-14949109
Neighbours
21 May 2026
Consultation
8 Jul 2026
Comments by
8 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
12 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

15 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024
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2024
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Non Material Amendment: (Remove originally proposed rooflights (4no), remove originally p…
24/02836/NONMAT
2024
9 The Oaks Matfen Northumberland NE20 0TG
Replace existing garden room and construct new single storey side extension, extend rear…
24/01947/FUL
2021 Approved
School House Paddock Close Matfen NE20 0RP
Installation of 3no rooflights, enlarged kitchen window and rear door.
21/02036/FUL
2020 Approved
10 East Close Matfen Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumberland NE20 0TF
Trees in a Conservation Area application: Ash (T1) - Fell to ground level. Sycamore (T2)…
20/02998/TREECA
2020 Approved
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Trees in a Conservation Area - Pine (T1) Fell; Sycamore saplings (T2-T5) Fell; Multistemm…
20/03002/TREECA
2019 Approved
11 East Close Matfen NE20 0TF
Discharge of Condition 2 (Materials - submission of details) on approved planning applica…
19/01011/DISCON
2018 Approved
11 East Close Matfen NE20 0TF
Extension adjacent to garage to create lobby/utility area, removal of windows and creatio…
18/01501/FUL
2018 Approved
4 Paddock Close Matfen Northumberland NE20 0EH
Proposed side extension - part single and part two storey to create additional living spa…
18/00032/FUL
2017 Approved
Blackett House North Side Matfen NE20 0RP
Change of use from office to single 5 bedroom dwelling. Minor internal alterations to sui…
17/02675/FUL
2017 Approved
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Listed Building Consent for change of use from office to single 5 bedroom dwelling. Minor…
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2017 Approved
1 Paddock Close Matfen NE20 0EH
Certificate of lawful development - proposed use for replacing the upper half of the cons…
17/02748/CLPROP
2016 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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