Kielder Castle Castle Drive Kielder Northumberland NE48 1EQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/02444/LBC - Listed Building Consent Approved
Listed buildings

Proposal

Listed Building Consent: Removal of a section of damaged ceiling within Kielder Castle, repairs and reinstatement comprising of the repair of three (3 no.) deteriorated timber joists Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
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Validated
27 Jul 2026
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Consultation
2 Oct 2026
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Approved
2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Decision Notice · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE Consultee Comment · 17 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Kielder Castle
List entry 1302999 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 4
Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 33 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area156 m² (1,679 sq ft)
Energy ratingG (asset rating 265)
UseB8 Storage or Distribution
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2015, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Northumberland (County)
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
NE48 1ER
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Bellingham
Parish
Kielder
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 67 days from validation, 12 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 55 for listed building works. Approved, as 92% of listed building works here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
161decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15033338
Planning Portal ref
PP-15033338
Neighbours
27 Jul 2026
Consultation
2 Oct 2026
Comments by
2 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
1 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Aug 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

2023 Approved
Refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and rebuilding of the existing eas…
23/00881/FUL
2023 Approved
Listed Building Consent: Refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and rebui…
23/00882/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused
PCO PCO1 Castle Drive Kielder Hexham NE48 1EQ
Proposal to remove phone box 01434250242
20/02035/BT
2020 Approved
9 Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ
Proposed single storey rear extension to form new kitchen/living space and new oak porch…
20/03457/FUL
2019 Approved
Kielder Castle Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ
Listed building consent for refurbishment of Kielder Castle - including demolition and re…
19/04460/LBC
2019 Refused
Castle Drive Kielder Hexham NE48 1EQ
Proposal to remove phone box 01434250242
19/03549/BT
2019 Approved
27 Castle Drive Kielder NE48 1EQ
Change of use from Bed & Breakfast (Class C1) back to residential dwelling house (C3)
19/00537/COU
Northumberland (County)
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#207 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.