Caretaker's Bungalow Ncea Duke's Secondary School Academy Road Ashington Northumberland NE63 9FZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01977/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of existing vacant caretaker's bungalow from Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Use Class F1 (Educational Use) to provide alternative provision facility associated with existing secondary school including new windows, replacement of one window with door and access ramps Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

5 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

29 Jun 2026

✓

Consultation

10 Sept 2026

✓

Approved

10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 5

Coal mining development high risk area

Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.

From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Local nature reserve 441 m away: Paddock Wood; 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 6 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: Full Application
Postcode: NE63 9RY
Received: 5 Jun 2026
Validated: 29 Jun 2026
Ward: Seaton With Spital
Parish: Ashington
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Sept 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 10 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 13 days slower than Northumberland (County)'s median of 60 for changes of use. Approved, as 82% of changes of use here are.

This one73d

Council60d

UK56d

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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14943177
Planning Portal ref: PP-14943177
Neighbours: 29 Jun 2026
Consultation: 10 Sept 2026
Comments by: 10 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 7 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 27 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Northumberland (County)

Planning Authority Score

3.8/10

Below average

#207 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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