11 Leven Gardens Darlington DL1 3TX

25/00999/PLUProposed Lawful UseApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 4 November 2025

Council decision: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENTDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - part conversion of double integral garage into habitable space with associated alterations

Received: 22 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Darlington Borough Council
Ward: Harrowgate Hill

ReceivedReceived22 Sep
ValidatedValidated15 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Dec
DecidedDecided4 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 11 Leven Gardens Darlington DL1 3TX. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Harrowgate Hill. 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 3TX
Application type: Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 October 2025
Target decision date: 6 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: HC Designs 187 North Road Darlington DL1 2PT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 52 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8
Constraints: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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.

Source: Darlington

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