Matfen Hall Driving Range And Golf Academy Hope Lane Matfen Northumberland NE20 0RH Data via plota.co.uk

26/02163/DISCON - Discharge of Condition Refused

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions 4 (Demolition and Construction Method Statement) and 5 (Biodiversity Net Gain) on approved application Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:59

Application progress

✓

Received

17 Jun 2026

✓

Consultation

23 Jun 2026

✗

Refused

14 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 14 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 15 Jul 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 5

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Matfen Hall, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 3 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.

Show all 4 with distances

0 mMatfen HallGrade II*
103 mChurchyard Wall Approx 20 Yards South of Church of the Holy TrintityGrade II
114 mWell and Drinking Trough Approx 100 Yds South of Matfen HallGrade II
130 mChurch of the Holy TrinityGrade II

Historic England ↗

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) 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.

Also on the record

Conservation area about 86 m away: Matfen; Priority habitat about 24 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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 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: Discharge of Condition
Postcode: NE20 0RH
Received: 17 Jun 2026
Validated: 17 Jun 2026
Ward: Ponteland West
Parish: Matfen
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Jul 2026
Decision: Application Refused
Decision date: 14 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: PJC Architecture Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15012755
Planning Portal ref: PP-15012755
Consultation: 23 Jun 2026
Comments by: 14 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 13 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

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2024

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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