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The Rookery 8 Church Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AN

3/2008/0459Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 August 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Sun lounge to rear of dwelling

Received
8 July 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided29 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Rookery 8 Church Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 3AN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2008
Consultation expiry
4 August 2008
Target decision date
2 September 2008
Committee meeting
1 September 2008
Decision issued
2 September 2008
Permission expires
29 August 2011

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr W Rounsley 8 The Rookery Church Lane Wolsingham County Durham DL13 3AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 July 2008
Advertisement expiry
4 August 2008
Site notice start
14 July 2008
Site notice end
4 August 2008

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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