Planning application
Land East Of Sleekburn Business Centre West Sleekburn Northumberland
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application for 11/33kV temporary substations and associated development for the construction and early operation of the proposed Cambois Data Centre Campus
As published by the council, reference 26/02818/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02818/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sleekburn
- Parish
- East Bedlington
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2026
Received by Northumberland National Park
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15 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Oct 2026
Status changed to Awaiting decision
Previously Registered.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
59 documents on file for this application
- FOR HIGHWAYS
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- BNG TECHNICAL NOTE
- CMS
- CEMP
- CONSULTEE COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE
- APPLICATION FORM REDACTED
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- GENERAL ARRANGEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED NPG2 DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- PROPOSED NPG2 SUBSTATION ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED NPG2 FENCE LAYOUT AND ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NPG2 BUILDING ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- PROPOSED NPG2 BUILDING ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- PROPOSED NPG2 FENCE ELEVATIONS
- DRAINAGE CALCULATION REPORT
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING LAYOUT
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT-FINAL-REV 01
- TECHNICAL NOTE-FINAL-REV 01
- NOISE CONSTRUCTION ASSESSMENT REPORT-FINAL-REV 01
- CMRA-FINAL-REV 01
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889609 (NZ28SE14)A PART 2
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889610 (NZ28SE15)A PART 1
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889610 (NZ28SE15)A PART 2
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889622 (NZ28SE27)A PART 1
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889622 (NZ28SE27)A PART 2
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 889671 (NZ28SE65_3)A
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 15952595 (NZ38SW414)A
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 15952598 (NZ38SW416)A
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 15952600 (NZ38SW417)A
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 15952601 (NZ38SW418)A
- CMRA APPENDIX B-BGS BOREHOLE 15952603 (NZ38SW419)A
- COAL MINING REPORT
- TIER 1 PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT NPG2-FINAL-REV 01
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 1 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 2 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 3 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 4 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 5 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 6 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 7 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 8 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 9 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 10 OF 11
- TIER 1 PRA-APPENDIX A-ENVIROCHECK-PART 11 OF 11
- COVERING LETTER
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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 full applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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