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26/00866/MISC - Miscellaneous Approved

Proposal

Removal of existing 15.0m Lattice Tower and replacement with 22.50m Lattice Tower. Installation of 3no. Antennas and 12no. RRUs. Relocation of 2no. Transmission Dishes onto new structure. Ancillary development required thereto. Reference: CS_11251826 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

9 Mar 2026

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Validated

19 Mar 2026

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Approved

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF REGULATION 5 LETTER Application Form · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Ancient woodland: Whittle Dene

Irreplaceable habitat. Standing advice asks for a 15 m buffer from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

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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Public footpath about 10 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.

Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Habitat network: Ancient Semi Natural Woodland

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 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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 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: Miscellaneous
Postcode: NE42 6BG
Received: 9 Mar 2026
Validated: 19 Mar 2026
Ward: Stocksfield & Bywell
Parish: Horsley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Apr 2026
Decision: Application is permitted development
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Clarke Telecom Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 13 days from validation, 43 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 87% of commercial and major works here are.

This one13d

Council56d

UK57d

55%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

111decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry: 16 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

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