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3B Houndgate Darlington DL1 5RL

26/00071/ADVApproved

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: GRANTED WITH CONDITIONS

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of 1 No externally illuminated fascia sign and 1 No. internally illuminated projecting sign

Received
26 January 2026
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 30 days

About this application

This is a planning application for signage at 3B Houndgate Darlington DL1 5RL. Darlington has handled 1,371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the Darlington Town Centre conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
DL1 5RL

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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
  • 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

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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