Barn Briar Hill Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham
Approved on 23 December 2010
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of redundant barn to holiday cottage
- Received
- 13 October 2010
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Agent
- John Taylor Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived13 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Dec
- DecidedDecided23 Dec
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Barn Briar Hill Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 November 2010
- Consultation expiry
- 1 December 2010
- Consultation start
- 10 November 2010
- Target decision date
- 30 December 2010
- Committee meeting
- 27 December 2010
- Decision issued
- 24 December 2010
- Permission expires
- 22 December 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
- 10 November 2010
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 December 2010
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene
- National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
- 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 (20)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20151 Oct
Discharge of conditions 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 of planning permission 3/2013/0193
Part APV/REFDischarge of conditionsDRC/15/00316 - 201417 Mar
Fell tree T1 Sycamore
RefusedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/14/00542/TCA - 20134 Jun
Change of use of barn to residential dwelling
ApprovedFull Planning Application3/2013/0193
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