43A Station Road Ashington Northumberland NE63 9UZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Proposed change of use from retail shop (under an unrestricted use class E) into a mixed use of cafe/restaurant with hot food takeaway, collection and delivery (sui generis - into two units - to allow for unrestricted takeaway and delivery, but with seating areas provided) with fully internal extraction systems extracting through two existing lourve vents in rear elevation Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 24 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Jul 2026
Documents 43
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 12
Other documents 18
Site constraints 2
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 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £141,750 in May 2025. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2018, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Northumberland (County)
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- NE63 9UZ
- Received
- 27 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Ashington Central
- Parish
- Ashington
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Feb 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 30 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6009271 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Anton Lang Planning Servcices Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 56 days from validation, 4 days faster than Northumberland (County)'s median of 60 for changes of use. Refused, as 18% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Northumberland (County) in the last twelve months, from validation. Northumberland (County) decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14651531
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14651531
- Neighbours
- 15 May 2026
- Consultation
- 24 Mar 2026
- Comments by
- 15 May 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 24 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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