High Hedley Hope Farm East Hedleyhope Bishop Auckland County Durham Dl13 4pr
Approved on 6 July 2005
Planning committee
Proposal
Four wind turbines, control room and associated access roads
- Received
- 12 August 2004
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Esh and Witton Gilbert
- ReceivedReceived12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated12 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Oct
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 328 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at High Hedley Hope Farm East Hedleyhope Bishop Auckland County Durham Dl13 4pr. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 328 days, 39 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- DL13 4PR
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hedleyhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 August 2004
- Target decision date
- 6 October 2004
- Committee meeting
- 6 January 2005
- Decision issued
- 12 July 2005
- Permission expires
- 5 July 2010
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr A Scorer
- Agent address
- Edf Energy Endeavour House Victory Way Doxford Inter. Business Park Sunderland Sr3 3xl
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 September 2004
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201315 Aug
Discharge of conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of planning permission APP/X1355/A/12/2188741
ApprovedDischarge of conditions8/1/2013/08/DRC - 201211 Dec
Request for scoping opinion, town & country planning (environmental impact assessment) (england & wales)…
ConditionsScoping Opinion1/2012/0629 - 201212 Jun
Anaerobic digestion plant (incorporating a farm slurry management system) and associated combined heat and…
RefusedFull Planning Application8/CMA/1/67 - 200811 Aug
Extension to existing agricultural building to house livestock
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2008/0569/65769 - 200821 Feb
Erection of cattle shed and creation of silage pit
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2008/0119/64022 - 20047 May
Agricultural determination for erection of agricultural building (28 day determination)
ApprovedPrior Notification Agriculture1/2004/0434/19134 - 20028 Mar
Erection of cattle shed
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2002/0165 - 200026 Jul
Agricultural building
ApprovedPrior Notification Agriculture1/2000/0451
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