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Former Builders Merchants 70 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EZ

3/2012/0532Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing former builders merchants and erection of 8 no. Dwellings (resubmission)

Received
20 December 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
PlanArch Design Ltd
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Builders Merchants 70 Lydgate Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EZ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 3EZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2012
Consultation expiry
24 January 2013
Consultation start
3 January 2013
Target decision date
14 February 2013
Committee meeting
11 February 2013
Decision issued
14 February 2013
Permission expires
12 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
PlanArch Design Ltd
Agent address
Mr C Morris Kingsway Court 54 Kingsway Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 January 2013
Site notice end
24 January 2013

Additional information

Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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