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3 Castle Close Middleton St George Darlington DL2 1DE

25/00013/PLUProposed Lawful UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 January 2025

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - conversion of the loft into habitable space and installation of 4 no. rooflights to north and south roof slopes

Received
7 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sadberge And Middleton St George
  1. Received7 Jan
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 5 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at 3 Castle Close Middleton St George Darlington DL2 1DE. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 5 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Sadberge And Middleton St George. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
DL2 1DE
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Middleton St George Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2025
Target decision date
3 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
187 North Road Darlington DL1 2PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Middleton One RowNext to the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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