Wearhead Methodist Chapel Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1EB
Approved on 2 September 2008
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Removal of pipe organ
- Received
- 26 April 2007
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- ReceivedReceived26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated24 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 467 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Wearhead Methodist Chapel Wearhead Bishop Auckland DL13 1EB. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 495 days, 63 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,943 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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 1EB
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 May 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 3 July 2007
- Consultation start
- 12 June 2007
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2007
- Committee meeting
- 16 July 2007
- Decision issued
- 3 September 2008
- Permission expires
- 2 September 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Deacon Rowland H Wilkinson The Manse 22 East End Stanhope Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 2YG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 June 2007
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 July 2007
- Site notice start
- 12 June 2007
- Site notice end
- 3 July 2007
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20127 Dec
Listed building consent for conversion of former methodist church to dwelling (revised scheme to 3/2009/0318
ApprovedListed building consent3/2012/0510 - 201222 Nov
Discharge of conditions 5 (landscaping materials) 6 (wall materials) and 7 (means of enclosure) pursuant to…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions3/DC/2012/0049 - 200916 Jul
Conversion of former methodist church and school room to dwelling
ApprovedListed building consent3/2009/0318 - 200916 Jul
Change of use of agricultural land to domestic garden and drive. Conversion of former methodist church and…
ApprovedFull Planning Application3/2009/0317
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