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Whorlton Lido, Whorlton

6/2003/0432/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 9 December 2003

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for Permanent Planning Permission for Ticket Office

Received
6 October 2003
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Oct
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Whorlton Lido, Whorlton. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wycliffe With Thorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2003
Consultation expiry
30 October 2003
Consultation start
16 October 2003
Consultation end
30 October 2003
Last date for comments
30 October 2003
Target decision date
1 December 2003
Committee meeting
3 December 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Whorlton Lido Barnard Castle Co Durham DL12 8XH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 October 2003
Site notice end
29 October 2003

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Scheduled monument: Whorlton suspension bridgePart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, listed buildings, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2003
    6 Oct

    Application for Permanent Planning Permission for Ticket Office

    This applicationApprovedFull6/2003/0432/DM
  2. 2003
    6 Oct

    Application for Permanent Siting of Seasonal Supervisory Caravan

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongside6/2003/0433/DM

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2003
    6 Mar

    Erection of 5 holiday cabins

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application6/2003/0101/DM

Source: Durham

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