Originally a petrol filling station, the site has recently been used as a yard for servicing, maintenance and parking of plant vehicles. Located immediately adjacent to A68 meaning that safe access will need to be careful considered. Whilst at the edge of settlement a small-scale development is considered appropriate for the setting. Demolition, clearance and remediation will be necessary if a scheme for new housing was to progress. Redevelopment was proposed by the landowner, and permission for development of 8 dwellings was secured a number of years ago, but this approval lapsed without a start being made (T/20070552). Later, the site was initially identified as a potential allocation in the draft Northumberland Local Plan (submitted May 2019), but was later dropped after the landowner confirmed that the site is no longer available for a housing scheme. No longer considered developable/developable and future housing delivery is discounted in the SHLAA.
West Woodburn Filling Station