Watsons 3 Market Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AF
Withdrawn on 16 February 2012
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Mixed use application for the conversion of existing shop and flat to no.1 retail unit, no. 1 hot food takeaway, no. 1 two bedroom flat, no. 1 one bedroom flat and a three bedroom dwelling
- Received
- 27 October 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived27 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date24 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Watsons 3 Market Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 112 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3AF
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 November 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 22 December 2011
- Target decision date
- 24 January 2012
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Ajay Nayyar Watsons 3 Market Place Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 December 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 December 2011
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
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.
Source: Durham
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