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26/00918/VARYCO - Variation of Planning Condition Registered

Proposal

Variation of condition 10 on approved planning permission 25/01389/VARYCO (original reference ) - to refer to the approved S278 drawings and amend the trigger point for implementation in accordance with a Highway Works Monitoring Strategy, the details of which will be secured by the addition of a new bespoke condition (amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 05:07

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Application progress

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Received

13 Mar 2026

✓

Consultation

12 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 15 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 15 Sept 2026.

The consultation period closed on 10 Sept 2026.

Documents 59

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form Application Form · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 58

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 13

Part of

Full25 Jul 2023council archive

Conditions 5, 19, 27, 34 discharged · 20 awaiting decision · 9, 18, 22, 23, 29, 43, 49 varied
- VariationVariation of conditions 9 (demolition/construction method statement). 18 (estate street…11 Apr 202525/01389/VARYCO
  Conditions 32, 43 discharged · 28 varied · 10 variation sought
  - VariationVariation of condition 10 (original) - to refer to the approved S278 drawings and amend…This application13 Mar 202626/00918/VARYCO
  - Show 3 more · 3 approved
    - VariationVariation of condition 28 (gas) to allow for adoption of CS1 gas protection measures…10 Mar 202626/00846/VARYCO
    - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 32 (Air Extraction)10 Mar 202626/00847/DISCON
    - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 43 (Trees)19 Feb 202626/00541/DISCON
- Show 7 more · 5 approved, 2 pending
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 19 (future management and maintenance).3 Jun 202525/01956/DISCON
  - ConditionsPartial Discharge of Condition 27 (Verification Report) (amended.17.07.2025)3 Jun 202525/01955/DISCON
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 20 (Street Adoption)22 May 202525/01831/DISCON
  - ConditionsPartial discharge of condition 5 (ecology quarterly report) (Amended description).8 May 202525/01629/DISCON
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 34 (Programme of Archaeological Work)22 Apr 202525/01468/DISCON
  - AmendmentNon Material Amendment (to allow alterations to the Bluebell house type windows)22 Apr 202525/01388/NONMAT
  - ConditionsDischarge of condition 20 (engineering layouts/details and streetlighting)8 Apr 202525/01094/DISCON

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

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 ↗

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. A site survey can differ.

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.

National infrastructure project 593 m away: Morpeth Northern Bypass

The site is 593 m from the project boundary. Highway, 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 ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 16 October 2026. 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: NE61 2NS
Received: 13 Mar 2026
Validated: 13 Mar 2026
Ward: Pegswood
Parish: Morpeth
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

Public comments

48comments received

48 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

181 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14765296
Planning Portal ref: PP-14765296
Neighbours: 18 Aug 2026
Consultation: 12 Aug 2026
Comments by: 10 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 25 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 10 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

Discharge of Conditions 27 (verification report) on approved application 23/02787/FUL.

25/00862/DISCON 10 Mar 2025

2024

Discharge of condition 4 (bat licence) on approved application 23/02787/FUL

24/02399/DISCON 12 Jul 2024

2024

Discharge of conditions 9(Construction Method Statement), 23(Surface Water), and 47(Scree…

24/01430/DISCON 30 Apr 2024

2024

Discharge of conditions 5 partial only (Pre-start Report, Construction Environmental Mana…

24/00592/DISCON 22 Feb 2024

2023

Residential development of 94 new homes (Use Class C3), an 84 apartment extra care facili…

23/02787/FUL 25 Jul 2023

2017

Variation of S106 agreement re planning application 14/02750/FUL dated 24/02/2015 by remo…

17/03131/S106A 31 Aug 2017

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024

Land West Of St Georges Hospital Morpeth Northumberland NE61 2NU

Discharge of condition 4(vehicular access) on approved application 23/02189/FUL.

24/00296/DISCON 29 Jan 2024

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