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9 Whitemeadows Darlington DL3 8SR

26/00170/PLUProposed Lawful UseRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - Erection of single storey extension located to the rear of existing garage within rear garden (amended description).

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hummersknott
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 7 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at 9 Whitemeadows Darlington DL3 8SR. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Hummersknott. We hold 387 applications in total for the DL3 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
DL3 8SR
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
35 Parkland Drive Darlington DL3 9DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11
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.

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Nov

    Erection of a single storey rear extension to the existing detached garage

    PendingApplication26/01095/FUL

Source: Darlington

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