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138 Clifton Road Darlington DL1 5DY

26/00240/PLUProposed Lawful UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: PERMITTED DEVELOPMENTDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - conversion of the loft into habitable space with installation of 1 no. rooflight to the front and 2no. rooflights to the rear roof slope

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Park East
Agent
architectural planning drawings ltd
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 10 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at 138 Clifton Road Darlington DL1 5DY. Darlington has handled 73 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 5 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Park East. 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 5DY
Application type
Proposed Lawful Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Darlington Urban Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
architectural planning drawings ltd
Architect profile
ARCHITECTURAL PLANNING DRAWINGS LTD
Agent address
Architectural Planning Drawings Ltd Viking House Falcon Court Preston Farm Industrial Estate Stockton On Tees TS18 3TS

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14684024
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
16

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.

Source: Darlington

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