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Moorhouse Farm Care Home Moorhouse Lane Ashington Northumberland NE63 9LJ

Awaiting decision Northumberland National Park 26/00740/LBC Listed Building Consent

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Proposal

Listed Building Consent : Conversion of vacant care home into 8no. residential units (5no. single storey & 3no. duplex) together with refurbishment and continued use of the existing adjoining dwelling (resulting in 9 dwellings in total) with associated internal and external works (part retrospective).

As published by the council, reference 26/00740/LBC

Application record

Reference
26/00740/LBC
Type
Listed Building Consent
Status
Registered
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
3 Mar 2026
Ward
Hirst
Parish
Ashington
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
NE63 9LJ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Northumberland National Park register

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

  • 26/00739/FUL Awaiting decision

    Moorhouse Farm Care Home Moorhouse Lane Ashington Northumberland NE63 9LJ

    Conversion of vacant care home into 8no. residential units (5no. single storey & 3no. duplex) together with refurbishment and continued use of the existing adjoining dwelling (resulting in 9 dwellings in total) with associated internal and external works (part retrospective).

    Submitted 2 Mar 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Mar 2026

    Received by Northumberland National Park

  2. 3 Mar 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 April 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Northumberland National Park took a median of 46 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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Mario Minchella Architects Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

23 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Northumberland National Park for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Northumberland National Park decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About heritage and listed building applications

Listed building consent is needed for works that affect the special interest of a listed building, and carrying out such works without it is a criminal offence. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    Awaiting decision Full applications 25 docs
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