If you want to know whether planning permission is needed for non-residential proposals or wish to obtain advice about other proposals, you should use the Pre-Application Enquiry form and forward with the appropriate fee together with any other plans or supporting documents to assist in describing the work.
All advice about a proposal relating specifically to a listed building will be free of charge, otherwise the following charges will apply. For payment options please contact our One Stop Shop on 01670 535000.
| Type of Enquiry |
Charge |
| Listed building and conservation area consent advice |
No charge |
| Householder proposals only (from any party), to establish if planning permission is required? |
No charge |
| Enquiry to establish if planning permission is required? [other than householder, listed building or conservation area consent] |
£20 |
| Request for planning history of a site |
£42 per site |
| Request for advice and informal officer opinion for householder proposal, eg extensions or alterations to existing house |
£10 a site visit or meeting by Planning Officer may be undertaken, only if they consider it necessary. |
| Request for advice and informal officer opinion on proposal for 1-9 dwellings [for change of use or where no number is given, see notes below] |
£30 for each written communication where no officer site visit or meeting is required plus £60 for each meeting, either on site or at council offices |
| Request for advice and informal officer opinion on proposal for 10 dwellings or more[ for change of use or where no number is given, see notes below] |
£50 for each written communication where no officer site visit or meeting is required plus £100 for each meeting, either on site or at council offices |
| Request for advice and informal officer opinion for any minor* or other non-residential proposal |
£30 for each written communication where no officer site visit or meeting is required plus £60 for each meeting, either on site or at council offices |
| Request for advice and informal officer opinion for any major** non-residential proposals |
£50 for each written communication where no officer site visit or meeting is required plus £200 for each meeting, either on site or at council offices |
* minor development. For non-residential development is one where the floor space to be built is under 1000 sq metres, or where the site area is under 1 hectare.
**major development is one where the floor space to be built is 1000 sq metres or more, or where the site area is 1 hectare or more.
FOR MIXED USE SCHEMES the area having the greater proportion of floor space will be used to guide whether residential or non-residential.
For calculation purposes, only the area affected by the development should be included and floor space areas are measured externally.
No response to your enquiry is possible until payment has first been received.
All advice is given in writing and we will endeavour to respond to all enquiries within 21 days.
Please return to:- Planning Services Unit, Castle Morpeth Borough Council, Longhirst Hall, Longhirst Morpeth, Northumberland, NE61 3LR.
Tel No 01670 794691
Fax No 01670 794781
Prior to to sending in your pre-application enquiry you may wish to review the document "Planning a Guide to Householders", see Related Links at the top of the page. It gives basic guidelines on all types of development applicable to householders.