Gunnerton Water Treatment Works Gunnerton Hexham Northumberland NE48 4AY Data via plota.co.uk

26/01110/SCREEN - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion on the proposed works, including the additional soil storage mounds. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Mar 2026
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EIA Not Required
9 Apr 2026

EIA Not Required on 9 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 9 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF INCLUDING LOCATION PLAN Application Form · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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 4. 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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area; National infrastructure project about 1002 m away: Ray II Wind Farm, at pre-application.
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, 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.

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Important details

Council
Northumberland (County)
Application type
Screening Opinion
Postcode
NE48 4AY
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Humshaugh
Parish
Chollerton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Apr 2026
Decision
EIA Not Required
Decision date
9 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
Land North Of Filter Station Cottage Gunnerton Northumberland
Discharge of conditions : 4 (highways access) pursuant to planning approval 18/03671/FUL
19/04627/DISCON
2018 Approved
Land North Of Filter Station Cottage Gunnerton Northumberland
Erection of 5 kiosks, creation of newt ponds and formation of new agricultural vehicular…
18/03671/FUL
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