Willington Methodist Church Lydia Street Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0AE
Approved on 10 February 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
New church / community centre
- Received
- 23 December 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date17 Feb
- DecidedDecided10 Feb
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Willington Methodist Church Lydia Street Willington Crook County Durham DL15 0AE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 700 applications in total for the DL15 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
- DL15 0AE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2013
- Target decision date
- 17 February 2014
- Decision issued
- 14 February 2014
- Permission expires
- 9 February 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202415 Feb
Demolish part of old Church Hall. Convert remaining building into a dwelling. Provide additional pitched roof…
WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/24/00419/FPA - 20172 May
Discharge of conditions 3 (CCTV & External Lighting) and 5 (Solar Panels) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/17/00172 - 201724 Feb
Change of Use of Church to dwelling and Church Hall to wedding car hire and styling business and associated…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/17/00662/FPA - 20164 Apr
Conversion of church and village (D1) to residential dwelling (C3)
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/16/01122/FPA - 20093 Dec
Construction of new church/community centre on existing car park
ApprovedFull Planning Application3/2009/0540
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