First Floor 38 Blackwellgate Darlington DL1 5HW
Approved on 19 October 2023
Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval Notification under Class MA for the partial change of use on first floor from Office (Use Class E) to 1 no. self-contained apartment (Use Class C3)
- Received
- 11 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Park East
- ReceivedReceived11 Aug
- ValidatedValidated24 Aug
- Consult.Consultation15 Sep
- TargetTarget Date15 Oct
- DecidedDecided19 Oct
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at First Floor 38 Blackwellgate Darlington DL1 5HW. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 4 weeks longer than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Darlington Town Centre conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Park East. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 postcode area.
94% of outline 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
- Postcode
- DL1 5HW
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 21 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 25 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 15 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 21 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 15 October 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Rocket
- Architect profile
- ROCKET ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN LTD
- Agent address
- 16 Grange Road Darlington DL1 5NG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 31 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 21 September 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Darlington Town Centre
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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Source: Darlington
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