Planning decisions in Northumberland Park
How long Northumberland Park takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 93 decisions it made in the twelve months to September 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.
55 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 54); 55 from receipt
74%decided within eight weeks (UK 66%), 86% within thirteen
86%approved (UK 90%): 68 approved, 11 refused, 6 withdrawn
218 of 388UK rank for speed, down 16 places on last year; 316 of 388 for approvals
By year
| Year decided | Median days | Within 8 weeks | Approved | Decisions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 * | 43 | 77% | 94% | 100 |
| 2017 * | 50 | 64% | 97% | 127 |
| 2018 * | 49 | 63% | 98% | 111 |
| 2019 * | 50 | 71% | 100% | 31 |
| 2020 * | 44 | 77% | 98% | 79 |
| 2021 * | 49 | 70% | 97% | 103 |
| 2022 * | 48 | 70% | 97% | 95 |
| 2023 * | 56 | 51% | 93% | 97 |
| 2024 * | 27 | 96% | 96% | 31 |
| 2025 * | 27 | 88% | 96% | 27 |
| 2026 so far | 41 | 76% | 84% | 68 |
* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.
Decided in the last three weeks
- Land East of Holywell House, Holystone, Morpeth, Morpeth, NE65 7AJApproval of details reserved by conditions no. 4 (Self Build notification), no. 6 (materials), no. 12 (Proposed Landscaping Plan), no. 13 (GApproved22 Oct 2026
- Land adjacent to Larkes Cottage, Elsdon, Northumberland, NE19 1AZApproval of details reserved by conditions no 5 (Stone and Slate Materials), 7 (Renewables Energy Measures), 19 (Biodiversity and LandscapinApproved22 Oct 2026
- Land North of Fourstones Substation, Fourstones, NorthumberlandNeighbouring Authority Consultation 25/1494/RENEIA - Solar Farm with up to 32MWac of export capacity, installation of solar photovoltaic panApproved21 Oct 2026
- High Edges Green, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, NE49 9PPErection of a new covered muck storeApproved15 Oct 2026
Built nightly from Northumberland Park's planning register. Ranks are among the 388 published councils. See planning applications in Northumberland Park, appeals, or get alerts for Northumberland Park.
About these figures
How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.