Hartford Hall Estate Bedlington NE22 6HD Data via plota.co.uk

26/03001/PRUTPO - Application for Works to Protected Tree Registered
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order Application: T2, T3, T4, T5 x4 Cherrys- Crown lift to 2.5m and formative prune by no more than 0.5m. T6, T7, T8 x3 limes -Crown lift to 2.5m and formative prune no more than 0.5m. T9 Sycamore - lift to 2.5m and formative prune no more than 1m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Aug 2026
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Validated
4 Sept 2026
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Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Sept 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 13 Oct 2026, from Northumberland (County)'s recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 13 Oct 2026.

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Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

PDF HARTFORD HALL SKETCH PLAN Plan · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

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.
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 3. 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.
Local nature reserve about 107 m away: Bedlington Country Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Tree preservation order about 26 m away: The Northumberland County Council (Land at Hartford Hall Estate, Bedlington) Tree Preservation Order 2011 (no. 01 of 2011) - Woodland 5; Priority habitat about 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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.

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Important details

Council
Northumberland (County)
Application type
Application for Works to Protected Tree
Postcode
NE22 6HD
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
Bedlington Central
Parish
West Bedlington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
special Branch Tree Services NE ltd

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Northumberland (County) usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 35.

Day 3125 days to the 56-day target
96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
271decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15181068
Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Comments by
13 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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2019 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