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About our committee

The Development Management Committee is responsible for all of the Northumberland National Park Authority’s functions relating to planning and development control. It makes decisions on planning applications, including those which relate to listed buildings or buildings in conservation areas, and can authorise enforcement action where development has taken place without planning permission.

Please note that meetings and start times will be confirmed nearer the time.  Meetings will normally take place at National Park offices unless otherwise indicated.

Development Management Committee members (as at June 2021)

At the Authority’s Annual Meeting on 16 September 2020 the following nine members were elected to the Development Management Committee: Mr Chris Mullin, Ms Pippa Ross, Ms Marie Fallon, Cllr John Riddle, Cllr Julian Morrison-Bell, Cllr Alan Sharp, Cllr Sue Bolam and Cllr Val Gibson.

Julian Morrison-Bell was elected DMC Chair and Cllr John Riddle elected DMC Deputy Chair.

Development Management Committee meetings are open to members of the public. The agenda and reports will be made available during the week prior to the meeting. Papers from previous meetings are also available.

The next confirmed meeting of DMC will be Wednesday 28 July 2021 with further information provided in due course.

The DMC meeting scheduled for Wednesday 16 June 2021 will not take place. The next scheduled DMC meeting is Wednesday 28 July 2021.

Development Management Committee Meeting Reports 2020

Agendas and Minutes

Development Management Committee - 11 November 2020

DMC November 2020 Agenda – PDF File

Scotchcoulthard Committee Report 20NP0077 – PDF File

Scotchcoulthard Representation All 20NP0077 – PDF File

Development Management Committee - 22 January 2020

Approved DMC Minutes 22 January 2020 – PDF File

DMC January 2020 Agenda  – PDF File

Former Cricket Field Report – DMC2020-003 – PDF File

Former Cricket Ground Appendix – DMC 2020 003 – PDF File

Would you like to attend?

Members of the public are welcome to attend all meetings of the Development Management Committee. Items under Part 1 of an agenda are taken in public. Where there are items under Part 2 of the agenda which contain exempt information under Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public will be excluded from that part of the meeting.

Schedule 12A Local Government Act 1972: Access to Information – Exempt Information

Public Speaking: Opportunities for members of the public to address the Development Management Committee with regard to planning applications which are being considered are available at all Development Management Committee meetings.  For further details, please consult the Public Speaking Scheme Guidance document(from 1 January 2015).  Please note that from 1 January 2015 the earlier time to register to speak is now no later than 12 noon, two working days before the date of the meeting.

Member site visits

A site visit by the Development Management Committee may be held in connection with applications where the impact is difficult to visualise or assess from plans. The protocol for DMC site visits is set out in the Development Management Committee Site Inspection Procedure (from 1 January 2015).