Well House Farm

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Well House Farm

Planning application to house 1.7 million chickens a year on a factory farm in Colwell, Northumberland

C222 Robin Hoods Well Junction To District Boundary, Colwell, Northumberland, NE46 4HX

How to submit your objection

Objections to this planning application must be submitted through Northumberland County Council’s planning website. Submitting yours should only take a few minutes. You will need to:

  1. Write your objection (you can use the AI tool below to create an objection for you, if you wish).

  2. Create an account on the Northumberland County Council website (here).

  3. Log in and search for planning application reference 25/03717/FULES.

  4. Copy and paste your objection into the Council’s website, and submit it.

If you’d like more guidance, detailed step-by-step instructions are provided below.

Step-by-step instructions for submitting an objection

Step 1 - Write your objection

  • You can either:

    • Write your own objection; or

    • Use the tool below which will create an objection for you using artificial intelligence.

  • If you choose to use the tool below, follow these steps:

    • Fill in your details in the ‘Submit your objection’ section below.

    • If you are a local resident, tick the box that says “I live locally to this development” - this will generate a more detailed objection template.

    • Add in your personal reasons for objecting into the free text box.

    • Tick the box to confirm you are not a robot.

    • Click ‘Generate draft’.

    • Your objection text will now appear - feel free to personalise it as you wish.

    • You’ll need this text for the next step, so either copy and paste it into a separate document before moving onto Step 2, or keep this webpage open so you can go back to it.

Step 2 - Create an account for Northumberland County Council’s planning department website - registration only takes about one minute.

  • Click below to access: 

Create an account
  • On the Council’s website, enter your details and choose a password.

  • Enter your postcode (and address if needed).

  • Tick the two boxes to confirm you agree with their terms and conditions, and click ‘Next’.

  • You will be emailed a verification link, click the ‘confirm’ button to activate your account

  • Click ‘Login,’ and log into your new account.

Step 3 - Find the planning application and submit your objection

  • After you have logged into your new account, click ‘Search’, then ‘Planning’, then ‘Simple Search.’

  • Scroll down to the search box entitled ‘Enter a keyword, reference number, postcode or single line of an address.’ In this box, paste the planning application reference number: 25/03717/FULES and click ‘Search.’

  • This will bring up the planning application for ‘Land West of Well House Farm in Colwell, Northumberland’ - double check this is the correct application before progressing.

  • Click the box labelled ‘Make a comment.’

  • Scroll down and fill in your details

  • Under ‘Commenter Type’, select the category that applies to you.

  • Under ‘Stance,’ be sure to tick ‘Object.’

  • In the free text box, paste your objection that you created earlier.

  • Click ‘Submit.’

    That’s it! Thank you for taking action to help stop this application.

Below is a tool that you can use to create an objection for you.

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