National Parks

Northumberland National Park planning statistics

Householder applications decided in the year to June 2026, compared with the rest of England.

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Within 8 weeks, no extension

75.0%

12.3 points faster than England

Granted

100.0%

9.5 points higher than England

Extension of time

25.0%

7.3 points lower than England

Decisions (12 months)

Northumberland National Park decided 8 householder applications in the year to June 2026, granting 100.0%.

Too few decisions are made here to rank the council fairly against others.

A further 25.0% were decided under an extension of time agreed with the applicant.

How quickly decisions are made

Northumberland National Park against England, share of householder decisions each quarter

Within 8 weeks, no extension
Extension of time
England, within 8 weeks

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Within 8 weeks, no extension	Extension of time	England, within 8 weeks
2008 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	89.4%
2008 Q3	83.3%	0.0%	89.7%
2008 Q4	0.0%	0.0%	90.3%
2009 Q1	–	–	90.3%
2009 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	91.7%
2009 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	91.4%
2009 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	91.0%
2010 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	88.8%
2010 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	89.8%
2010 Q3	83.3%	0.0%	88.4%
2010 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	87.7%
2011 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	86.4%
2011 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	85.9%
2011 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	84.9%
2011 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	84.9%
2012 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	83.7%
2012 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	84.2%
2012 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	82.9%
2012 Q4	0.0%	0.0%	85.2%
2013 Q1	–	–	85.7%
2013 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	86.3%
2013 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	85.3%
2013 Q4	80.0%	0.0%	86.3%
2014 Q1	66.7%	0.0%	85.4%
2014 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	84.9%
2014 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	82.5%
2014 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	82.1%
2015 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	80.4%
2015 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	80.6%
2015 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	79.2%
2015 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	80.0%
2016 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	78.3%
2016 Q2	66.7%	33.3%	79.8%
2016 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	77.7%
2016 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	78.0%
2017 Q1	66.7%	0.0%	77.3%
2017 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	78.5%
2017 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	76.1%
2017 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	77.1%
2018 Q1	50.0%	50.0%	73.7%
2018 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	74.0%
2018 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	72.7%
2018 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	72.7%
2019 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	69.9%
2019 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	72.1%
2019 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	69.6%
2019 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	71.5%
2020 Q1	–	–	68.4%
2020 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	63.9%
2020 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	63.8%
2020 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	65.3%
2021 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	59.4%
2021 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	58.4%
2021 Q3	83.3%	16.7%	53.1%
2021 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	53.0%
2022 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	51.6%
2022 Q2	80.0%	0.0%	56.0%
2022 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	53.3%
2022 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	54.1%
2023 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	53.5%
2023 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	58.5%
2023 Q3	100.0%	0.0%	59.0%
2023 Q4	50.0%	50.0%	59.8%
2024 Q1	–	–	58.8%
2024 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	64.4%
2024 Q3	66.7%	33.3%	64.2%
2024 Q4	100.0%	0.0%	65.6%
2025 Q1	–	–	62.1%
2025 Q2	80.0%	20.0%	65.0%
2025 Q3	66.7%	33.3%	62.5%
2025 Q4	66.7%	33.3%	64.7%
2026 Q1	100.0%	0.0%	60.6%
2026 Q2	100.0%	0.0%	62.7%

Share of applications granted

Northumberland National Park against England

Northumberland National Park
England

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Quarter	Northumberland National Park	England
2008 Q2	100.0%	86.1%
2008 Q3	83.3%	86.3%
2008 Q4	100.0%	85.3%
2009 Q1	–	85.9%
2009 Q2	100.0%	86.8%
2009 Q3	75.0%	87.4%
2009 Q4	66.7%	86.9%
2010 Q1	100.0%	87.0%
2010 Q2	100.0%	88.0%
2010 Q3	66.7%	87.7%
2010 Q4	100.0%	87.5%
2011 Q1	100.0%	87.9%
2011 Q2	100.0%	88.5%
2011 Q3	100.0%	88.3%
2011 Q4	100.0%	88.3%
2012 Q1	100.0%	88.2%
2012 Q2	100.0%	89.2%
2012 Q3	100.0%	89.0%
2012 Q4	100.0%	88.9%
2013 Q1	–	89.8%
2013 Q2	66.7%	90.6%
2013 Q3	100.0%	90.3%
2013 Q4	100.0%	89.6%
2014 Q1	100.0%	89.8%
2014 Q2	100.0%	90.5%
2014 Q3	100.0%	90.0%
2014 Q4	100.0%	89.2%
2015 Q1	100.0%	89.3%
2015 Q2	100.0%	90.2%
2015 Q3	100.0%	90.0%
2015 Q4	100.0%	89.2%
2016 Q1	100.0%	90.0%
2016 Q2	100.0%	90.3%
2016 Q3	100.0%	90.2%
2016 Q4	100.0%	89.7%
2017 Q1	100.0%	89.9%
2017 Q2	100.0%	90.5%
2017 Q3	100.0%	90.0%
2017 Q4	100.0%	90.1%
2018 Q1	100.0%	90.5%
2018 Q2	100.0%	91.0%
2018 Q3	100.0%	91.2%
2018 Q4	100.0%	90.5%
2019 Q1	100.0%	90.3%
2019 Q2	100.0%	91.0%
2019 Q3	100.0%	90.6%
2019 Q4	100.0%	89.8%
2020 Q1	–	89.9%
2020 Q2	100.0%	90.2%
2020 Q3	100.0%	90.6%
2020 Q4	100.0%	90.3%
2021 Q1	100.0%	90.9%
2021 Q2	100.0%	91.2%
2021 Q3	100.0%	91.0%
2021 Q4	100.0%	90.1%
2022 Q1	100.0%	90.0%
2022 Q2	100.0%	90.4%
2022 Q3	100.0%	89.8%
2022 Q4	100.0%	89.4%
2023 Q1	100.0%	89.3%
2023 Q2	100.0%	89.2%
2023 Q3	100.0%	88.6%
2023 Q4	100.0%	88.2%
2024 Q1	–	88.2%
2024 Q2	100.0%	89.1%
2024 Q3	100.0%	89.4%
2024 Q4	66.7%	88.6%
2025 Q1	–	89.3%
2025 Q2	80.0%	90.4%
2025 Q3	100.0%	90.1%
2025 Q4	100.0%	90.1%
2026 Q1	100.0%	90.6%
2026 Q2	100.0%	91.0%

How long decisions took

Householder decisions over the last 12 months

Within 8 weeks75.0%
8 to 13 weeks0.0%
13 to 26 weeks0.0%
Over 26 weeks0.0%
Extension of time agreed25.0%

Source: MHCLG PS2, OGL v3. Chart: buildwiz.uk

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Time taken	Decisions
Within 8 weeks	6
8 to 13 weeks	0
13 to 26 weeks	0
Over 26 weeks	0
Extension of time agreed	2

Appeals

No householder appeals were decided in this period.

Householder appeals to the Planning Inspectorate decided in the same 12 months. England: 34.4% allowed.

Local constraints

Northumberland National Park has not published conservation area data to the national planning data platform.
Northumberland National Park has not published Article 4 data to the national planning data platform.

Both can remove permitted development rights. Not every council has published its data yet, so check with the council before relying on permitted development.

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