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1 Chapel Walls Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EA

3/2008/0473Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2009

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Proposed construction of 3 no. Dwellings

Received
14 July 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Plan Arch Design
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated15 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 206 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 Chapel Walls Uppertown Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 3EA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 July 2008
Consultation expiry
11 August 2008
Consultation start
21 July 2008
Target decision date
8 September 2008
Committee meeting
8 September 2008
Permission expires
6 February 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Plan Arch Design
Agent address
John Lavender Kingsway Court 54 Kingsway Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 July 2008
Advertisement expiry
11 August 2008
Site notice start
21 July 2008
Site notice end
11 August 2008

Additional information

Documents
19

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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