Capri Lodge Northgate Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3BX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00342/AGTRES - Prior Approval Agric to Residential Refused

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for change of use for agricultural building to residential Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 09:08

Application progress

✓

Received

29 Jan 2026

✓

Consultation

3 Feb 2026

✗

Refused

26 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 26 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Jul 2026

Documents 8

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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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.

National infrastructure project about 105 m away: A1 in Northumberland - Morpeth to Ellingham

The site is about 105 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Morpeth Northern Bypass (decided, about 113 m).

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 ↗

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 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 £400,000 in December 2025. Detached house, freehold.

15 December 2025£400,000

22 July 2020£185,000

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: Prior Approval Agric to Residential
Postcode: NE61 3BX
Received: 29 Jan 2026
Validated: 29 Jan 2026
Ward: Longhirst
Parish: Hebron
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Feb 2026
Decision: Application Refused
Decision date: 26 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Carter Smith Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 52 for agricultural works. Refused, as 13% of agricultural works here are.

This one56d

Council52d

UK44d

68%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

135decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14659334
Planning Portal ref: PP-14659334
Consultation: 3 Feb 2026
Comments by: 4 Mar 2026
Site or press notice: 11 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 26 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2021 Approved

1 Warreners Cottages Morpeth Northumberland NE61 3BX

Erection of a two-storey side extension with dormer windows to rear

21/00182/FUL 15 Jul 2021

Northumberland (County)

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#207 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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