Planning application
Land North East Of Low Hedgeley Cottages Powburn Northumberland NE66 4JD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Package of river and floodplain restoration works along a c. 5.2 km reach of the River Breamish to restore the river and its associated floodplain to a more natural, self-sustaining condition through re-establishing floodplain connectivity, improving hydromorphological function, enhancing wetland and riparian habitats. Works include excavation of a series of shallow chute channels, selective embankment lowering, removal to permit more frequent inundation, creation of new connection channels linking the river to existing floodplain lakes, localised infilling of redundant or artificial drainage features, in-channel large woody material features will be installed using trees felled locally to increase hydraulic diversity, encourage sediment deposition, create varied aquatic habitats, removal of redundant stone rip-rap will be undertaken in key locations where it is no longer necessary to support the river's recovery by enabling lateral movement, excavated materials will be reused on site where suitable or spread outside the active floodplain and no imported fill is proposed nor is the removal of materials off the land holding.
As published by the council, reference 26/01081/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01081/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Permitted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 28 May 2026
- Ward
- Wooler
- Parish
- Hedgeley
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- NE66 4JD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Northumberland National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02731/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land North East Of Low Hedgeley Cottages Powburn Northumberland NE66 4JD
Discharge of Conditions 3 (BNG), 4 (Landscape & Ecological Management Plan), 5 (Method Statement) and 6 (Construction Method Statement) on approved application 26/01081/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by Northumberland National Park
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2 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 May 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/02731/DISCON Awaiting decision
Land North East Of Low Hedgeley Cottages Powburn Northumberland NE66 4JD
Discharge of Conditions 3 (BNG), 4 (Landscape & Ecological Management Plan), 5 (Method Statement) and 6 (Construction Method Statement) on approved application 26/01081/FUL
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
44 documents on file for this application
- EIA SCREENING OPINION
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL WRITTEN SCHEME OF INVESTIGATION
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- CULVERT 1 SECTION AND ELEVATION
- ERIC REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROW ENHANCEMENT CONCEPT DESIGN MAP
- PROW CREATION & BUND CONCEPT MAP
- CULVERT 2 SECTION AND ELEVATION
- CULVERT 1 SECTION AND ELEVATIONS
- OVERVIEW MAP, CHANNEL INFILL, EMBANKMENT LOWERING, CHUTE DETAILS, LINEAR POND
- REDACTED
- OVERVIEW MAP, CHANNEL INFILL, EMBANKMENT LOWERING, CHUTE DETAILS, LINEAR POND
- NOTICE 1 PLANNING NOTICE
- METHOD STATEMENT
- TECHNICAL NOTE
- SITE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN
- PLAN VIEWS
- PRELIMINARY FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- HABITAT BASELINE MAPS
- POST-INTERVENTION HABITAT MAPS
- PHASE 1 CONTAMINATED LAND REPORT
- CONSTRUCTION PHASE DOCUMENTATION
- CULVERT 1 SECTION AND ELEVATIONS
- CULVERT 2 SECTION AND ELEVATION
- DESIGN ACTIVATION LEVELS
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY (PROW) ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN
- SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN (SMP)
- PROW CREATION & BUND CONCEPT MAP
- PROW ENHANCEMENT CONCEPT DESIGN MAP
- RIVER CONDITION ASSESSMENT
- SUPPORTING PLANNING DOCUMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK-BASED ASSESSMENT
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Northumberland National Park granted permission on 28 May 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.
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