15 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ
Approved on 2 July 2008
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Rear single storey full width extension
- Received
- 21 April 2008
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- ReceivedReceived21 Apr
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 15 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 3AJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2008
- Consultation expiry
- 5 June 2008
- Target decision date
- 2 July 2008
- Committee meeting
- 30 June 2008
- Permission expires
- 2 July 2011
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Michael Oates 7 Alma Terrace Stanley Crook County Durham DL15 9QP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 May 2008
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 June 2008
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2008
- Site notice end
- 5 June 2008
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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