Kings Head Cottage, Royal Oak, Heighington
Refused on 1 July 2005
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from agricultural land for storage of plant hire vehicles
- Received
- 12 May 2005
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived12 May
- ValidatedValidated12 May
- Consult.Consultation9 Jun
- TargetTarget Date7 Jul
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Kings Head Cottage, Royal Oak, Heighington. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 3 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
- Etherley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 May 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 15 June 2005
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2005
- Consultation end
- 9 June 2005
- Last date for comments
- 9 June 2005
- Target decision date
- 7 July 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Kings Head Cottage Royal Oak Heighington Darlington DL2 2UJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 May 2005
- Site notice end
- 15 June 2005
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200930 Jul
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission 6/2007/0384/DM
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)6/2009/0253/DM - 20096 Feb
Erection of stable block for domestic use
WithdrawnFull Planning Application6/2009/0052/DM - 200816 Jul
Concrete area for personal and agricultural use (retrospective)
RefusedFull Planning Application6/2008/0295/DM - 200823 May
Single storey rear extension
ApprovedFull Planning Application6/2008/0211/DM
Source: Durham
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