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Railway Heritage Quarter Station Road DARLINGTON

23/00024/CONDischarge of ConditionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
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Proposal

Part approval (Phase2) of details reserved by condition 19(landscaping), 21(car/cycle parking), 24(d.access) attached to planning permission 21/0078/DC dated 31 Jan 2022 (Railway Heritage visitor attraction comprising works to various buildings to provide entry point, reception, visitor centre, cafe and display space (Goods Shed); exhibition and interpretation space (Head of Steam); archive study area, function and temporary exhibition space (Carriage Works); repair, maintenance, storage and display of locomotives and associated rail artefacts (1861 Building); erection of purpose built facility for the creation and maintenance of new locomotives and new pedestrian bridge link (Live Engineering Works); office accommodation (Lime Cells); construction of car park (land to east of High Northgate) and associated public realm, external works and landscaping)

Received
5 January 2023
Decision due
26 February 2023
Ward
Northgate
Agent
Space Architects
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target26 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (33)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Railway Heritage Quarter Station Road DARLINGTON. Darlington has handled 75 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 January 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Northgate.

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
Discharge of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2023
Consultation expiry
5 February 2023
Consultation start
15 January 2023
Consultation end
5 February 2023
Last date for comments
5 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Space Architects
Agent address
Spaceworks Benton Park Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7LX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11816976
Comments
0
Documents
33
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    5 Jan

    Part approval (Phase2) of details reserved by condition 19(landscaping), 21(car/cycle parking), 24(d.access)…

    This applicationPendingDischarge of conditions23/00024/CON
  2. 2023
    5 Jan

    Approval of details reserved by condition 27(ecology) attached to planning permission 21/0078/DC

    PendingDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside23/00025/CON

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