13 Market Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AE
Approved on 24 February 2010
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of staircase and new entrance to rear for access to first floor residential accommodation. First floor extension on top of existing single storey building with an external staircase from the proposed first floor balcony
- Received
- 19 November 2009
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Agent
- John Taylor Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived19 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date28 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 13 Market Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 6 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. We hold 1,945 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 3AE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 December 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 29 December 2009
- Target decision date
- 28 January 2010
- Committee meeting
- 18 January 2010
- Decision issued
- 1 March 2010
- Permission expires
- 23 February 2013
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Taylor Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- JOHN TAYLOR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- Mr John Taylor The Studio 64 High West Road Crook County Durham DL15 9NT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 December 2009
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 December 2009
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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