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Royal Oak Farm West Auckland Road Royal Oak Heighington Darlington DL2 2UJ

23/00960/AGAgricultural DeterminationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 November 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior approval for the erection of 1 no. agricultural building to be used for an agricultural machinery store / workshop (Agricultural Determination) (amended site location plan received 3 November 2023)

Received
27 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heighington And Coniscliffe
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Royal Oak Farm West Auckland Road Royal Oak Heighington Darlington DL2 2UJ. Darlington has handled 19 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Heighington And Coniscliffe. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 postcode area.

95% of all 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
DL2 2UJ
Application type
Agricultural Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heighington Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2023
Target decision date
11 November 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
24 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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