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4 Hound Hill Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AQ

3/2010/0393Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 October 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Excavate rear garden and lower & install retaining wall. Rebuild delapidated garage & avairy buildings to form garage and guest annex. Form new stair case & remove side door and replace with window.

Received
20 August 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Oct
  5. Decided12 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 4 Hound Hill Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3AQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2010
Consultation expiry
17 September 2010
Consultation start
27 August 2010
Target decision date
15 October 2010
Committee meeting
11 October 2010
Permission expires
11 October 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr A Swales 19 Woodville Crescent Sunderland Tyne & Wear SR4 8RD

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 August 2010
Advertisement expiry
17 September 2010

Additional information

Documents
21

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.

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    12 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 3A (door and window details), 4 (external materials), and 6 (railing details)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions3/DC/2010/0101
  3. 2010
    20 Aug

    Excavate rear garden and lower & install retaining wall. Rebuild delapidated garage & avairy buildings to…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/2010/0393

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