Lesbury Cricket Club House Lesbury Northumberland NE66 3PX Data via plota.co.uk

26/00926/SOLAR - PA Solar PV Panels non-domestic Approved
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval to install 24 solar panels to be mounted on flat roof. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Mar 2026
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Consultation
23 Mar 2026
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Approved
22 Apr 2026

Approved on 22 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 22 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Northumberland Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Public footpath about 12 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.
Heritage coast: North Northumberland
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Special protection area about 317 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 484 m away: Northumberland Shore SSSI.
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 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
PA Solar PV Panels non-domestic
Postcode
NE66 3PX
Received
13 Mar 2026
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Ward
Longhoughton
Parish
Lesbury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Apr 2026
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
22 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ninette Edwards Architect

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 12 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 28 for prior approvals. Approved, as 90% of prior approvals here are.

90%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
176decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14760368
Planning Portal ref
PP-14760368
Comments by
13 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
23 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
10 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Proposed formation of paved patio of approx 100sqm in front of existing pavilion
23/02900/FUL
2021 Approved
The proposed development is to install a steel container (amended plan received 17.03.202…
21/00966/FUL
2021 Approved
Advertisement Consent: Replace two existing signs at either side of the entrance. The sig…
21/01255/ADE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
Land North Of Lesbury Cricket Club Lesbury Northumberland
Installation of a new 'H' wood pole
17/00965/ELEGDO
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