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Agricultural Buildings Ouston Springs Farm Milbanke Close Ouston DH2 1JL

2/09/00082/FULPlanning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2009

Proposal

Conversion of existing agricultural buildings to six residential dwellings and office building

Received
23 March 2009
Ward
Pelton
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated25 Aug
  3. Consult.10 Nov
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Agricultural Buildings Ouston Springs Farm Milbanke Close Ouston DH2 1JL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 211 days, 22 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Pelton. We hold 1,688 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 1JL
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ouston

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 August 2009
Consultation expiry
10 November 2009
Consultation start
20 October 2009
Consultation end
10 November 2009
Neighbour consultation start
2 September 2009
Neighbour consultation end
1 July 2009
Last date for comments
10 November 2009
Target decision date
20 October 2009
Permission expires
20 October 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • 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, 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.

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.

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