Crag Cottage West Woodburn Hexham Northumberland NE48 2RJ Data via plota.co.uk

25/04005/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Conversion and extension of cart shed to self-contained tourist accommodation (As Amended 08.01). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Nov 2025
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Validated
2 Dec 2025
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Consultation
10 Apr 2026
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Approved
10 Apr 2026

Approved on 10 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Farmbuildings East of the Crag Farmhouse, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 7 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 5. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 176 m away: Bell Knowe round cairn, 200m north east of The Cragg; Radon affected area, class 3; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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
Full Application
Postcode
NE48 2RJ
Received
7 Nov 2025
Validated
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Bellingham
Parish
Corsenside
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Apr 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
10 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Raw Planning Ltd
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 129 days from validation, 73 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 89% of full applications here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
821decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14469383
Planning Portal ref
PP-14469383
Neighbours
2 Dec 2025
Consultation
10 Apr 2026
Comments by
10 Apr 2026
Site or press notice
11 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
30 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024
Conversion and extension of cartshed to create self-contained tourist accommodation
24/02806/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
Land East Of Crag Farm House West Woodburn Northumberland
Listed Building Consent: Installation of new timber windows; two conservation roof lights…
20/02068/LBC
2020 Approved
Land East Of Crag Farm House West Woodburn Northumberland
Change of use of shoot lodge to holiday let
20/02117/FUL
2020
Land East Of Crag Farm House West Woodburn Northumberland
Listed Building Consent for the change of use of Shoot Lodge to two bedroom Holiday Let (…
20/00892/LBC
2020
Crag Farm West Woodburn Hexham Northumberland NE48 2RJ
Change of use of shoot lodge to a two bedroom holiday let (amended 04.05.2020)
20/00508/FUL
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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.