School House Lanehead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL131AJ

3/2001/0603Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 January 2002

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey extension and provision of rooms in roof space

Received: 29 November 2001
Council: Durham County Council

ReceivedReceived29 Nov
ValidatedValidated29 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Jan
DecidedDecided7 Jan

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at School House Lanehead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL131AJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1AJ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 November 2001
Consultation expiry: 25 December 2001
Target decision date: 24 January 2002
Committee meeting: 17 December 2001
Decision issued: 10 January 2002
Permission expires: 6 January 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr & Mrs P.A. & C. M. Dowswell The School House Lanehead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 12 December 2001
Site notice end: 25 December 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

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