Planning application
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Cafe and drive-thru unit, along with associated car parking, servicing, external works, and landscaping
As published by the council, reference 26/00837/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00837/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 9 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 10 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Bedlington Central
- Parish
- West Bedlington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the Northumberland National Park register
This site has had 6 applications since 2026: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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26/03100/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 10 (Construction Method Statement) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
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26/03036/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 13 (Land Contamination) of approved application 26/00837/FUL
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26/03035/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain) and 4 (LEMP) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
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26/02992/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 12 (External Facing Materials) of approved application 26/00837/FUL
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26/02914/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of conditions 19 (Ground Gas protection) & 20 (Verification of Ground Gas) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Mar 2026
Received by Northumberland National Park
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10 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
5 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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26/03100/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 10 (Construction Method Statement) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
-
26/03036/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 13 (Land Contamination) of approved application 26/00837/FUL
-
26/03035/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of conditions 3 (Biodiversity Gain) and 4 (LEMP) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
-
26/02992/DISCON Granted
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of Condition 12 (External Facing Materials) of approved application 26/00837/FUL
-
26/02914/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land South East Of Law Courts Schalksmuhle Road Bedlington Northumberland
Discharge of conditions 19 (Ground Gas protection) & 20 (Verification of Ground Gas) on approved application 26/00837/FUL
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
60 documents on file for this application
- S106 FINAL
- DRAFT S106
- LLFA
- PUBLIC PROTECTION
- COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- MICRO DRAINAGE CALCULATIONS
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PUBLIC PROTECTION
- HIGHWAYS
- HIGHWAYS
- LLFA
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- STORM DISCHARGE INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS
- CONTRIBUTING AREA DRAINAGE PLAN
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE LAYOUT STARBUCKS ENLARGED PLAN
- EXTERNAL LEVELS LAYOUT
- DRAINAGE DETAILS DOCUMENT
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT
- PUBLIC HEALTH DOCUMENT
- COMMENT (OBJECTION) SUBMITTED ONLINE
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
- HIGHWAYS
- LLFA
- PUBLIC HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- POLICE
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- TRAVEL PLAN
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- SUMMARY ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- PLANTING STRATEGY
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASESSMENT
- RAPID HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- ADVANCE INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS
- EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION LAYOUT
- EXTERNAL CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
- EXCEEDANCE FLOW PLAN
- TYPICAL DRAINAGE DETAILS SHEET 1 OF 3
- TYPICAL DRAINAGE DETAILS SHEET 2 OF 3
- TYPICAL DRAINAGE DETAILS SHEET 3 OF 3
- DRAINAGE - PHASE 2
- SITEWIDE DRAINAGE PHASING PLAN
- SURFACE WATER CALCULATIONS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PHASE 1 DESK STUDY
- PHASE 2 SITE INVESTIGATION
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- CONDITION ASSESSMENT SHEETS - BASELINE
- CONDITION ASSESSMENT SHEETS - POST DEVELOPMENT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY
- PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Northumberland National Park granted permission on 6 August 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About full applications
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.
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