Castle Farm Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RQ Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 25/04633/LBC
Listed buildings
Council
Northumberland (County) 3.8/10
Date received
22 Dec 2025
Date validated
22 Dec 2025
Postcode
NE66 4RQ

Description

Listed Building Consent for the formation of a new WC with new window in lieu of a door (as amended). Data via plota.co.uk

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Decision outlook

Plota predicted a decision around 11 Oct 2026; it is now day 293.

Day 293, past the statutory target. 89% of listed building works in Northumberland (County) are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 9 Oct 2026.

Day 293237 days past the 56-day target
69%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
163decided in the last year

Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →

Site constraints 6

Whittingham 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 ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Castle Inn, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 8 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
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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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Inside the Whittingham 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 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £680,000 in August 2024. Other property, freehold.

9 August 2024£680,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
16 July 2021£600,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

9 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021
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2021
Internal and external alterations for the restoration, improvement, exposure of early/ori…
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2021 Approved
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21/04000/MISC
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Nearby activity

2023 Approved
The Green Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RA
Trees in a Conservation Area application - Fell one ash tree
23/03473/TREECA
2022
The Percherons Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RQ
Demolition of existing rear and front Conservatory extensions, construction of a new pitc…
22/01818/FUL
2020 Approved
Wark Cottage Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RB
Listed Building Consent: Take down and re-build West chimney to similar dimensions in Nor…
20/00589/LBC
2019 Approved
Wark Cottage Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RB
Listed Building Consent to take down and re-build east chimney to similar dimensions in N…
19/02212/LBC
2019 Approved
Wark Cottage Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RB
Listed Building Consent to re-point eastern aspect of house.
19/01837/LBC
2017 Approved
Castle Inn Whittingham Alnwick Northumberland NE66 4RQ
Listed Building Consent to block up doorway from lounge into reception hall and reinstate…
17/03823/LBC
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.