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No Where, The Forge 9 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DF

3/2008/0191Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 May 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Renovation, replacement of sheds with extension and change of use from forge to physiotherapy practice and office

Received
10 March 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided2 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at No Where, The Forge 9 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3DF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 8 listed buildings 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 3DF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2008
Consultation expiry
18 April 2008
Consultation start
28 March 2008
Target decision date
5 May 2008
Committee meeting
31 March 2008
Permission expires
2 May 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Bruno Porter 17 Meadhope Street Wolsignham Bishop Auckland County Durham

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 March 2008
Advertisement expiry
18 April 2008
Site notice start
28 March 2008
Site notice end
18 April 2008

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • 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, 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.

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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2008
    12 Dec

    Discharge of conditions in pursuant with planning application 3/2008/0191

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions3/DC/2008/0039
  2. 2008
    10 Mar

    Renovation, replacement of sheds with extension and change of use from forge to physiotherapy practice and…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/2008/0191

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