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Former Methodist Church Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EB

3/2009/0318Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 January 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former methodist church and school room to dwelling

Received
16 July 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Architectural Design And Planning Ltd
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 175 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Former Methodist Church Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EB. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. 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

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2009
Consultation expiry
20 August 2009
Consultation start
27 August 2009
Target decision date
17 September 2009
Committee meeting
14 September 2009
Decision issued
26 January 2010
Permission expires
14 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Design And Planning Ltd
Agent address
Mr Christopher Reed Parkholm Park Lane Alston Cumbria CA9 3AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2009
Advertisement expiry
20 August 2009

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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