Skip to content

Former Methodist Church Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EB

3/DC/2012/0049Details Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 29 July 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Discharge of conditions 5 (landscaping materials) 6 (wall materials) and 7 (means of enclosure) pursuant to planning permission 3/2009/0317

Received
22 November 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Architectural Design And Planning Ltd
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 249 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Methodist Church Front Street Wearhead Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1EB. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 249 days, 28 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,943 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

100% of conditions applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
DL13 1EB
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2012
Target decision date
16 January 2013
Committee meeting
14 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Design And Planning Ltd
Agent address
Mr Chrisptoher Reed Parkholm Park Lane Alston Cumbria CA9 3AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation areas, 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2012
    22 Nov

    Discharge of conditions 5 (landscaping materials) 6 (wall materials) and 7 (means of enclosure) pursuant to…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions3/DC/2012/0049
  2. 2009
    16 Jul

    Change of use of agricultural land to domestic garden and drive. Conversion of former methodist church and…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart of3/2009/0317
  3. 2009
    16 Jul

    Conversion of former methodist church and school room to dwelling

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside3/2009/0318

Source: Durham

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near DL13

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report