Robson House 156 Northgate Darlington DL1 1QU
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
Listed Building Consent for the display of 1no. non illuminated sign to the front elevation above main entrance
- Received
- 13 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Darlington Borough Council
- Ward
- Northgate
- Agent
- Napper Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 Jan
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at Robson House 156 Northgate Darlington DL1 1QU. Darlington has handled 47 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Northgate. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 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
- DL1 1QU
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent DBC
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Darlington Urban Area
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 10 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Napper Architects
- Architect profile
- NAPPER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 3 Waterloo Square Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4DR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 20 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 26 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 February 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Stockton & Darlington Railway: Northgate
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
Source: Darlington
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