Planning application
Blanchland Shop And Post Office The Square Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SR
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Listed Building Consent for installation of new fibre equipment to provide the Post Office and The Gallery access to full fibre broadband
As published by the council, reference 26/01351/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01351/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 15 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 17 Apr 2026
- Ward
- South Tynedale
- Parish
- Blanchland
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- DH8 9SR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Northumberland National Park register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/01017/MISC Awaiting decision
Blanchland Shop And Post Office The Square Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SR
Installation of a Fibre Wallblock on a Listed Building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Apr 2026
Received by Northumberland National Park
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17 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 June 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 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Woodburn House 3 The Square Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SR
90% historically approved · decision due ~19 Jun
Listed Building Consent to provide thermal lime plaster to external walls, together with other consequential works. Full electrical rewire. New bathroom suite installed. Installation of new high efficiency secondary glazing alongside servicing, repairing and repainting of existing windows. New heating system including new oil boiler, radiators and pipe work. Internal and external decoration with clay paints. Enlargement of existing loft hatches.
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 21 docs -
The Surgery 1 Shildon Road Blanchland Northumberland DH8 9SS
90% historically approved · decision due ~12 Jun
Listed Building Consent for the addition of Fibre Broadband Equipment to serve 1 - 5A/B Shildon Road
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 8 docs -
The Surgery 1 Shildon Road Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SS
90% historically approved · decision due ~13 May
Installation of a Fibre Wallblock on a Listed Building
Awaiting decision 2 docs -
Blanchland Shop And Post Office The Square Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SR
90% historically approved · decision due ~13 May
Installation of a Fibre Wallblock on a Listed Building
Awaiting decision 2 docs -
11 The Square Blanchland Consett Northumberland DH8 9SR
90% historically approved · decision due ~12 Jun
Listed Building Consent for addition of new telecommunications equipment to provide 10 - 17 The Square with access to full fibre broadband
Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 7 docs -
Back Of Blanchland Abbey Church Blanchland Consett DH8 9SR
90% historically approved · decision due ~28 Apr
Installation of 1 x 9m light telegraph pole - Reference: BIR_V9002
Awaiting decision 3 docs
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26/03212/LBC Awaiting decision
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26/02575/LBC Granted
Old Post Office 24 The Village Eglingham Northumberland NE66 2TX
Listed Building Consent: Remove car port and garage; lower ground levels to rear of the property to below internal floor levels; provide off-street parking area to rear including hard landscaping to provide patio seating area; reconfigure the rear of the ground floor layout within the existing footprint, enlarging the kitchen and dining room, and reconfiguring existing partitions to provide a WC and plant room; alter fenestration to improve entrance to the property, and the visual and physical connections of the building to the gardens; remove radiators and external oil tank, and install underfloor heating throughout at ground and first floor level, served by an air source heat pump; renew and reconfigure the kitchen and bathroom fittings; and create two garden storage sheds
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26/03208/LBC Awaiting decision
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Listed Building Consent - Dismantling and removing the non-original rear and side extensions and associated works; Construction of new rear and side extensions with painted external joinery and 'conservation' roof lights; Change of use of store room to habitable accommodation; Installation of an air source heat pump on the rear (north) elevation; Installation of ground located photovoltaic panels with associated planting and maintenance of a beech hedgerow.
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26/03196/LBC Awaiting decision
18-22 Front Street Corbridge Northumberland NE45 5AP
Listed Building Consent to take down and reconstruct chimney to existing detail and using existing materials following identification of structural failure.