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26/01042/VARYCO - Variation of Planning Condition Approved

Proposal

Variation of conditions 1 (approved plans) and 24 (masonry wall detail/boundary treatment plan) on approved application - Condition 1 - To regularise private dwelling footpath routes. Condition 24 - To extend deadline to complete works due to delays and reduce wall height to 1.8m to plots 30 & 31. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:52

Application progress

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Received

23 Mar 2026

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Consultation

29 May 2026

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Approved

29 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Associated applications 2

Part of

Variation12 Feb 2025council archive

Conditions 1, 24 varied
- VariationVariation of conditions 1 (approved plans) and 24 (masonry wall detail/boundary treatment…This application23 Mar 202626/01042/VARYCO

Site constraints 9

Public footpath about 6 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.

In flood zones plus climate change

Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.

Flood map ↗

South Bents to Amble about 5 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site; the route and its margin are protected.

National infrastructure project about 610 m away: Port Blyth New Biomass Plant

The site is about 610 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

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 ↗

Recorded mine shaft about 34 m from the postcode pin

Reference 430582-003. Building over or close to a mine entry should be avoided, even once it is capped.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

Coal mining risk assessments ↗

Special protection area about 302 m away: Northumberland Marine

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI about 349 m away: Northumberland Shore SSSI; Inside the Blyth (Northumberland) built-up area.

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: Variation of Planning Condition
Postcode: NE24 1PJ
Received: 23 Mar 2026
Validated: 23 Mar 2026
Ward: Croft
Parish: Blyth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Apr 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 29 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14786150
Planning Portal ref: PP-14786150
Neighbours: 23 Mar 2026
Consultation: 29 May 2026
Comments by: 29 May 2026
Site or press notice: 7 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 20 Apr 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

2022

Land North East Of Asda Bates Avenue Blyth Northumberland

Erection of 18 dwellings comprising 13no. two bedrooms and 5no. 3 bedrooms with associate…

22/03851/FUL 18 Oct 2022

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