Southfields Open Cast Coal Site Brusselton Lane Royal Oak DARLINGTON
Approved on 12 July 2004
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Variation of Condition 8 of planning permission 99/00537/MIN dated 20 April 2001 to permit extension to period of coal extraction until April 2005
- Received
- 18 May 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Heighington And Coniscliffe
- ReceivedReceived18 May
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation15 Jun
- TargetTarget Date13 Jul
- DecidedDecided12 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Southfields Open Cast Coal Site Brusselton Lane Royal Oak DARLINGTON. Darlington has handled 75 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Heighington And Coniscliffe.
100% of conditions applications at Darlington Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Variation of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Heighington Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 May 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 25 June 2004
- Consultation start
- 25 May 2004
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 May 2004
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 June 2004
- Last date for comments
- 25 June 2004
- Target decision date
- 13 July 2004
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 June 2004
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 June 2004
- Site notice start
- 4 June 2004
- Site notice end
- 25 June 2004
Additional information
- UPRN
- 200002725534
- Comments
- 0
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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