Polam Hall School Grange Road Blackwell DARLINGTON DL1 5PA

26/00736/CONApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 17 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Part approval of details reserved by condition 3 (W.S.I) attached to Listed Building Consent 25/00872/LBC dated 16 Jan 2026 (Listed Building Consent for demolition, partial demolition and partial retention and refurbishment of existing buildings, erection of a two storey extension to main building together with associated permanent and temporary external works)

Received: 29 July 2026
Council: Darlington Borough Council

ReceivedReceived29 Jul
ValidatedValidated29 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided17 Aug

Decided in 19 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Polam Hall School Grange Road Blackwell DARLINGTON DL1 5PA. Darlington has handled 1,371 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 3 weeks quicker than Darlington's typical decision time. The site is in the West End conservation area. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 333 applications in total for the DL1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: DL1 5PA

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 July 2026

Additional information

Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: West End
Listed building: Grade II: Polam HallOn this site · +1 more
Heritage at Risk Register: West End
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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.

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.

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Darlington

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