Poperd Hill Cottage Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HQ
Approved on 20 May 2011
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use and conversion of existing building to form 1 no. Dwelling with associated parking
- Received
- 25 March 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Agent
- George F White LLP
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Poperd Hill Cottage Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1HQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area, with 2 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 1HQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 28 April 2011
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2011
- Committee meeting
- 16 May 2011
- Permission expires
- 19 May 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- George F White LLP
- Agent address
- Miss Maria Ferguson 8 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 April 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 April 2011
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
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)
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, 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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Associated applications
- 201720 Jan
Removal of conditions 6, 7 and 15 of application 3/2011/0101
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/17/00214/VOC - 201125 Mar
Change of use and conversion of existing building to form 1 no. Dwelling with associated parking
This applicationApprovedFull3/2011/0101
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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