New housing in Northumberland County Council
We read Northumberland County Council's planning register every day. We hold 5,453 of its planning applications going back to 2024, and 98 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 262% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 262% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 5,453
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 83 | 34 | 7 |
| 2025 | 57 | 38 | 4 |
| 2024 | 68 | 51 | 12 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | Land South And West Of White Hall Farm Beacon Lane Cramlington Northumberland Reserved Matters application for appearance, layout, landscaping and scale pursuant to planning permission 15/00901/OUTES for 126no. residential dwellings 26/02967/REM | Awaiting decision | 20 Aug 2026 |
| 57 | Land West Of Former Coulson Park First School Alexandra Road Back Street Ashington Northumberland Construction of 57no affordable dwellings with access, car parking, landscaping, and associated infrastructure. 25/04619/FUL | Awaiting decision | 19 Dec 2025 |
| 56 | Land East Of Wansbeck General Hospital, Northern Relief Road, Ashington, Northumberland Reserved Matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for erection of 56 dwellings, garages and car parking together with associated boundary treatment on approved application 16/02432/OUT 24/02193/REM | Approved | 25 Jun 2024 |
| 35 | Land East Of Lambton Avenue And Kyloe View Lowick Northumberland Detailed planning permission for 35no. dwellings with the associated access, drainage and landscaping 26/03854/FUL | Awaiting decision | 5 Nov 2026 |
| 21 | Land North Of Red Lion House Corbridge Road Hexham Northumberland NE46 1UL Outline Application With All Matters Reserved - Construction of up to 21no. Dwellings 25/01419/OUT | Awaiting decision | 28 Apr 2025 |
| 19 | Wansbeck Riverside Social Club High Stanners Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1QL Demolition of existing restaurant (Class E), social club (Sui Generis) and build 19no residential apartments (Class C3). 24/04285/FUL | Refused | 30 Dec 2024 |
| 14 | Land North East Of Ross Grove Chichester Avenue Nelson Village Cramlington Northumberland Outline permission (all matters reserved) for up to 14no. dwellings (amended 09/01/2026) 25/03005/OUT | Decided | 27 Aug 2025 |
| 9 | Land South West Of Northside Meadows North Side Shilbottle Northumberland Proposed Demolition of Existing Holiday Accommodation and Erection of 9 Dwellings 25/04590/FUL | Awaiting decision | 23 Dec 2025 |
| 6 | Willow Tree Inn 488 Plessey Road Blyth Northumberland NE24 4NF Change of use, conversion and extension of vacant pub/restaurant to create 6no. apartments 24/01306/FUL | Refused | 19 Apr 2024 |
| 6 | Land East Of North End Farm Longframlington Northumberland Development of 6no. dwellings with associated access, parking and amenity space 24/00679/FUL | Approved | 29 Feb 2024 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Acomb
- Allendale Town
- Alnwick
- Amble
- Ashington (Northumberland)
- Bamburgh
- Beadnell
- Bedlington
- Belford
- Bellingham
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Blyth (Northumberland)
- Bomarsund
- Brunton
- Burgham
- Cambois
- Choppington
- Corbridge
- Cornhill on Tweed
- Cramlington
- Ellington (Northumberland)
- Embleton
- Fair Moor
- Felton (Northumberland)
- Gilsland
- Hadston
- Haggerston
- Haltwhistle
- Haydon Bridge
- Heddon-on-the-Wall
- Hepscott
- Hexham
- Hipsburn
- Horsley (Northumberland)
- Humshaugh
- Lesbury
- Loanend
- Longframlington
- Longhorsley
- Longhoughton
- Lowick
- Lynemouth
- Medburn
- Morpeth
- Newbiggin-by-the-Sea
- New Hartley
- Newton Hall
- Norham
- Ogle
- Otterburn
- Ouston (Northumberland)
- Ovingham
- Pegswood
- Ponteland
- Prudhoe
- Redburn
- Riding Mill
- Rothbury
- Seahouses and North Sunderland
- Seaton Delaval
- Seaton Sluice
- Seghill
- Shilbottle
- South Broomhill
- Stakeford
- Stamfordham
- Stannington
- Stocksfield
- Swarland
- Thropton
- Tranwell Woods
- Warkworth
- Whittingham
- Widdrington Station
- Woodhorn
- Wooler
- Wooperton
- Wylam
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Northumberland County Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.