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26/02407/SCREEN - Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

Screening Opinion under Regulation 6 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Reference: P25-2393 Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2026
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Consultation
8 Jul 2026
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EIA Not Required
11 Aug 2026

EIA Not Required on 11 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Aug 2026

Documents 9

Statements & assessments 2

PDF ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILT HERITAGE & DESIGN Consultee Comment · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF SCREENING OPINION REQUEST Application Form · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF ARCHAEOLOGY Consultee Comment · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF LLFA Consultee Comment · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Response · 27 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF HIGHWAYS DM Consultee Comment · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Consultee Comment · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Public footpath 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Leeds). 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.
Survey report ↗
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 360 m away: Lanercost; Inside the Cramlington built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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
Screening Opinion
Postcode
NE23 7DH
Received
7 Jul 2026
Validated
7 Jul 2026
Ward
Cramlington East & Double Row
Parish
Cramlington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
EIA Not Required
Decision date
11 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 12 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
8 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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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