Land West Of Moorlaws Farm Cottage Alnwick Northumberland Data via plota.co.uk

26/03431/ROAD - Prior Notification of Road Approved

Proposal

Notification of Prior Approval for access road to maintain and harvest the woodland Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Sept 2026
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Consultation
5 Oct 2026
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Approved
26 Oct 2026

Approved on 26 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Public bridleway 16 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
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. 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.
Scheduled monument 80 m away: Abberwick medieval village, tower house and open field system
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
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 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

Application type
Prior Notification of Road
Received
28 Sept 2026
Validated
28 Sept 2026
Ward
Alnwick Hotspur
Parish
Edlingham
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Oct 2026
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
26 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 24 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 52 for agricultural works. Approved, as 87% of agricultural works here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
135decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15212291
Planning Portal ref
PP-15212291
Consultation
5 Oct 2026
Comments by
26 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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