Rock South Farm Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LG Data via plota.co.uk

26/00831/AGTRES - Prior Approval Agric to Residential Approved

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for change of use from agricultural building to residential, 3no. dwellinghouses. 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

6 Mar 2026

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Consultation

30 Mar 2026

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Approved

15 May 2026

Approved on 15 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 4

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.

National infrastructure project about 29 m away: A1 in Northumberland - Morpeth to Ellingham

The site is about 29 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 ↗

Public footpath about 22 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 3.

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 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: Prior Approval Agric to Residential
Postcode: NE66 2LG
Received: 6 Mar 2026
Validated: 6 Mar 2026
Ward: Longhoughton
Parish: Rennington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Apr 2026
Decision: Prior Approval req and Granted
Decision date: 15 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Michie Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 18 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 52 for agricultural works. Approved, as 87% of agricultural works here are.

This one70d

Council52d

UK44d

68%decided within 8 weeks

87%approved

135decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14719178
Planning Portal ref: PP-14719178
Consultation: 30 Mar 2026
Comments by: 1 May 2026
Site or press notice: 10 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 3 Apr 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024

Land North East Of Rock South Farm Cottages Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LG

Conversion of disused farm building to provide one no. self-build dwellinghouse (C3 use)…

24/03330/FUL 26 Sep 2024

2023 Approved

Gull-Ha Rock South Farm Alnwick Northumberland NE66 2LG

Proposed double storey rear extension

23/00743/FUL 20 Apr 2023

2018 Approved

Land North East Of Rock South Farm Cottages Alnwick Northumberland

Discharge of condition 3 and 4 in relation to the planning application 15/00653/FUL

18/02722/DISCON 12 Sep 2018

2016 Approved

Gull-Ha Rock South Farm Alnwick NE66 2LG

Construction of a two storey and single storey extension to side of dwelling with associa…

16/01631/FUL 3 Aug 2016

Northumberland (County)

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#207 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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