The Co-operative Food Unit 1 Essendene Retail Newbiggin Road Ashington Northumberland NE63 0XE Data via plota.co.uk
25/04204/ADE - Advertisement Consent post April 07
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Received
20 Nov 2025
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Consultation
9 Jan 2026
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Approved
9 Jan 2026
Approved on 9 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 3
Also on the record
Coalfield, development low risk area; Inside the Ashington (Northumberland) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site
Checked on 9 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority 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
- Advertisement Consent post April 07
- Postcode
- NE63 0XE
- Received
- 20 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 20 Nov 2025
- Ward
- College With North Seaton
- Parish
- Ashington
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 9 Jan 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Omega Signs Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, 6 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 56 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 84% of signs and adverts here are.
This one50d
Council56d
UK55d
65%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
50decided in the last year
Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 9 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14486610
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14486610
- Consultation
- 9 Jan 2026
- Comments by
- 9 Jan 2026
- Site or press notice
- 2 Dec 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Dec 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
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Discharge of Condition 14 (Travel Plan) pursuant to approved planning permission 16/01363…
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2020
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Discharge of Conditions 1 (layout/scale/appearance/landscaping), 4 (phasing), 5 (levels)…
2020
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Discharge of conditions : 1 (site layout), 4 (phasing), 5 (levels). 6 (boundary treatment…
2019
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Discharge of conditions : 2 (infiltration basin) related to planning approval 17/04069/VA…
2018
Approved
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Discharge of condition 25 (play area provision) relating to 16/01363/OUT
2017
Approved
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Discharge of Conditions 2 (Health and Safety Assessment), 3 (Suds), and 4 (Disposal of Su…
2018
Approved
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Discharge of condition 11 (Street Maintenance) relating to planning permission 16/01363/O…
2018
Approved
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Discharge of conditions 20 (ecological mitigation) and 27 (fencing and security arrangeme…
2018
Approved
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Discharge of condition 21 (Landscape planting plan) on approved Planning application 16/0…
2018
Approved
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Discharge of conditions 5 (site levels), 8 (highway works for footway/cycleway) and 9 (hi…
2017
Approved
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Discharge of conditions 21 (landscape planting plan), 22 (Maintenance of open spaces), an…
2017
Approved
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Discharge of conditions 4 (Site Phasing), 10 (Estate Street Phasing), 12 (Drainage and St…
2017
Approved
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Variation of condition 6 (PD rights) pursuant to planning permission 17/01595/REM
2017
Approved
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Discharge of conditions 5 (site levels), 8 (footway/cycleway), 9 (junction details),11 (S…
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.
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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
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