7 The Music Shop Bridge Street Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1ES Data via plota.co.uk

26/03543/FUL - Full Application Registered
Change of useCommercial premisesExtensions & alterations

Proposal

Rear single storey extension, associated internal alterations to create a cafe bar, bistro, alter access arrangements to first floor flat and internal layout alterations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Oct 2026
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Validated
14 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
14 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Dec 2026 and 22 Dec 2026, from Northumberland (County)'s recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

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Documents 2

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Ecology Checklist Ecology Checklist · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF REDACTED Application Form · 7 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: 7, Bridge Street
List entry 1041664 · The pin is inside its outline · 82 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 73 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.
Show the other 82 with distances
Historic England ↗
Berwick-upon-Tweed conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Berwick-upon-Tweed. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Heritage at risk: Berwick-upon-Tweed
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
Special area of conservation 92 m away: Tweed Estuary
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Scheduled monument 71 m away: The medieval and post-medieval fortifications at Berwick upon Tweed
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
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 ↗
SSSI 92 m away: Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Lower Tweed and Whiteadder SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Inside the Berwick-upon-Tweed built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 15 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.

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Important details

Council
Northumberland (County)
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
TD15 1ES
Received
7 Oct 2026
Validated
14 Oct 2026
Ward
Berwick North
Parish
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hodgson + White Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 14 of the 56-day target. Northumberland (County) usually decides changes of use by day 60.

Day 1446 days to the predicted decision (day 60)
44%decided within 8 weeks
82%approved
155decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

35 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15276870
Planning Portal ref
PP-15276870
Neighbours
14 Oct 2026
Consultation
14 Oct 2026
Comments by
13 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 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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2024
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Listed Building Consent for ATM and glazing to be removed, window to be re-instated to ma…
24/01826/LBC
2024
22-24 Hide Hill Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1AF
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2024
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2023
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2023
26 Hide Hill Berwick-Upon-Tweed Northumberland TD15 1AB
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2023 Approved
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2022
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Listed Building Consent for replacement of 3no. front and 6no. rear windows
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2020 Approved
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20/03640/LBC
2020 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2016 Approved
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Implementation of new DDA compliant entrance ramp
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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