diff --git a/app/components/npq_separation/timeline_component.rb b/app/components/npq_separation/timeline_component.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..378e73efe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/components/npq_separation/timeline_component.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+module NpqSeparation
+  class TimelineComponent < ViewComponent::Base
+    renders_many :items, "ItemComponent"
+
+    attr_reader :events
+
+    def initialize(events)
+      @events = events.sort_by(&:created_at)
+
+      @events.each { |event| with_item(event) }
+    end
+
+    def call
+      tag.div(class: "app-timeline") do
+        safe_join(items)
+      end
+    end
+
+    class ItemComponent < ViewComponent::Base
+      attr_reader :event
+
+      def initialize(event)
+        @event = event
+      end
+
+      def call
+        tag.div(class: "app-timeline__item") do
+          safe_join([header, timestamp, description])
+        end
+      end
+
+    private
+
+      def header
+        tag.div(class: "app-timeline__header") do
+          safe_join([title, byline], " ")
+        end
+      end
+
+      def title
+        tag.h2(event.title, class: "app-timeline__title")
+      end
+
+      def timestamp
+        tag.p(class: "app-timeline__date") do
+          tag.time(event.created_at.to_fs(:govuk_short), datetime: event.created_at.to_fs(:iso8601))
+        end
+      end
+
+      def description
+        tag.div(class: "app-timeline__description") { event.description }
+      end
+
+      def byline
+        return if event.byline.blank?
+
+        tag.p("by #{event.byline}", class: "app-timeline__byline")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/npq_separation/admin/applications/show.html.erb b/app/views/npq_separation/admin/applications/show.html.erb
index 2fe33cf3a2..f738a524bc 100644
--- a/app/views/npq_separation/admin/applications/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/npq_separation/admin/applications/show.html.erb
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@
     end
   end
 %>
+
+<h2 class="govuk-heading-m govuk-!-margin-top-9">Timeline</h2>
+
+<%= render NpqSeparation::TimelineComponent.new(@application.events) %>
diff --git a/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss b/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
index ee5ecc0d89..30ce72f405 100644
--- a/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
+++ b/app/webpacker/styles/application.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ $govuk-image-url-function: frontend-image-url;
 @import "big-number";
 @import "admin";
 @import "api_guidance";
+@import "timeline";
 
 h1.govuk-fieldset__heading {
   margin-bottom: 10px;
diff --git a/app/webpacker/styles/timeline.scss b/app/webpacker/styles/timeline.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ea0ac0622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/webpacker/styles/timeline.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+// timeline
+//
+// borrowed from the MoJ frontend library, moj- replaced with app- as
+// we will likely customise this to suit our needs
+//
+// https://design-patterns.service.justice.gov.uk/components/timeline/
+.app-timeline {
+  margin-bottom: govuk-spacing(4);
+  overflow: hidden;
+  position: relative;
+
+  &:before {
+    background-color: $govuk-brand-colour;
+    content: "";
+    height: 100%;
+    left: 0;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: govuk-spacing(2);
+    width: 5px;
+  }
+
+}
+
+.app-timeline--full {
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  &:before {
+    height: calc(100% - 75px);
+  }
+}
+
+.app-timeline__item {
+  padding-bottom: govuk-spacing(6);
+  padding-left: govuk-spacing(4);
+  position: relative;
+
+  &:before {
+    background-color: $govuk-brand-colour;
+    content: "";
+    height: 5px;
+    left: 0;
+    position: absolute;
+    top: govuk-spacing(2);
+    width: 15px;
+  }
+
+}
+
+.app-timeline__title {
+  @include govuk-font($size: 19, $weight: bold);
+  display: inline;
+}
+
+.app-timeline__byline {
+  @include govuk-font($size: 19);
+  color: $govuk-secondary-text-colour;
+  display: inline;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.app-timeline__date {
+  @include govuk-font($size: 16);
+  margin-top: govuk-spacing(1);
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.app-timeline__description {
+  @include govuk-font($size: 19);
+  margin-top: govuk-spacing(4);
+}
+
+.app-timeline__documents {
+  list-style: none;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  padding-left: 0;
+}
+
+.app-timeline__document-item {
+  margin-bottom: govuk-spacing(1);
+
+  &:last-child {
+    margin-bottom: 0;
+  }
+
+}
+
+.app-timeline__document-icon {
+  float: left;
+  margin-top: 4px;
+  margin-right: 4px;
+  fill: currentColor;
+
+  @media screen and (forced-colors: active) {
+    fill: linkText;
+  }
+}
+
+.app-timeline__document-link {
+  // background-image: url(#{$app-images-path}icon-document.svg);
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-size: 20px 16px;
+  background-position: 0 50%;
+  padding-left: govuk-spacing(5);
+
+  &:focus {
+    color: govuk-colour("black"); // Focus colour on yellow should really be black.
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/components/npq_separation/timeline_component_spec.rb b/spec/components/npq_separation/timeline_component_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c3f3181f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/components/npq_separation/timeline_component_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe NpqSeparation::TimelineComponent, type: :component do
+  let(:one_day_ago) { FactoryBot.build(:event, :with_byline, created_at: 1.day.ago) }
+  let(:two_days_ago) { FactoryBot.build(:event, :with_byline, created_at: 2.days.ago) }
+  let(:three_days_ago) { FactoryBot.build(:event, :with_byline, created_at: 3.days.ago) }
+  let(:events) { [two_days_ago, one_day_ago, three_days_ago] }
+
+  subject { NpqSeparation::TimelineComponent.new(events) }
+
+  before { render_inline(subject) }
+
+  context "when the events aren't in choronological order" do
+    it "orders the events by created_at on initialization" do
+      expect(subject.events).to eql(events.sort_by(&:created_at))
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "displays all of the events in a timeline" do
+    expect(rendered_content).to have_css(".app-timeline__item", count: events.size)
+  end
+
+  it "shows a timestamp for each event" do
+    events.each do |event|
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css("time", text: event.created_at.to_fs(:govuk_short))
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css("time[datetime='#{event.created_at.to_fs(:iso8601)}']")
+    end
+  end
+
+  it "shows the title and byline in the header" do
+    events.each do |event|
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(".app-timeline__header > .app-timeline__title", text: event.title)
+      expect(rendered_content).to have_css(".app-timeline__header > .app-timeline__byline", text: event.byline)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/factories/event.rb b/spec/factories/event.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b38e210fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/event.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :event do
+    sequence(:title) { |n| "Event #{n}" }
+    sequence(:description) { |n| "Event #{n} description goes here" }
+    created_at { Time.zone.now }
+
+    trait(:with_random_description) { description { Faker::Lorem.paragraph } }
+    trait(:with_byline) { byline { Faker::Name.name } }
+  end
+end