Cleughbrae Farm, Rochester, NE19 1RZ Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 26NP0072

Council

Northumberland (Park) 5.9/10

Date received

around 13 Aug 2026

Date validated

13 Aug 2026

Decision date

23 Sept 2026

Postcode

NE19 1RZ

Description

Approval of Details reserved by conditions no. 2 (materials), no. 3 (external lighting), no. 5 (soft landscaping), no. 6 (surface water drainage), no. 7 (foul drainage) and no. 11 (biodiversity enhancement measures) of planning application 25NP0038 - Variation of condition no. 2 (approved plans), condition no. 7 (surface water drainage) and condition no. 8 (foul drainage) of planning application 23NP0008 - Demolition of existing agricultural buildings and estate office and erection of replacement buildings, including new estate office Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:23

Site constraints 6

Northumberland National Park

The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very 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 4. 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

Radon affected area, class 2; Coalfield, development low risk area; Priority habitat about 47 m away: Good quality semi improved grassland.

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 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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Northumberland (Park)

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#107 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Northumberland (Park) is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #78 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

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for householder decisions

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Northumberland (Park) decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #114 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #161 of 296

75%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #78 of 296

38%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #131 of 296

100%

Minor dwellings approved

7 decided (1-9 homes)

75%

Change of use approved

4 decided

Total decisions

4 refused in the year to March 2026