2 Mechanics Yard Darlington DL3 7QF
Approved on 12 December 2025
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Display of non-illuminated hand painted letter signage to front elevation
- Received
- 28 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Park East
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- ReceivedReceived28 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation25 Nov
- TargetTarget Date19 Dec
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 45 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 2 Mechanics Yard Darlington DL3 7QF. Darlington has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 days longer than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Mayfair conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 14 applications across Park East. We hold 387 applications in total for the DL3 postcode area.
86% of advertising 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
- DL3 7QF
- Application type
- Advert Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 November 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- Agent address
- ELG Planning Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 27 November 2025
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
- Brownfield land register: 12 - 18 SkinnergateRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
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 and heritage coasts.
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.
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Associated applications
- 202528 Oct
Display of non-illuminated hand painted letter signage to front elevation
This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent25/01182/ADV - 202527 Oct
Listed Building Consent for the display of a hand painted sign to the front elevation
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/01177/DCLB
Source: Darlington
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Consultants on this application
- ELG PLanning · Agent for this application
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