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Former Post Office, Mickleton

6/2007/0389/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 September 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use to dwelling

Received
8 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Post Office, Mickleton. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Mickleton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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
Mickleton

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2007
Consultation expiry
7 September 2007
Consultation start
17 August 2007
Consultation end
7 September 2007
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2007
Last date for comments
7 September 2007
Target decision date
3 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Stable Beckside Staindrop Darlington County Durham DL2 3PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 August 2007
Advertisement expiry
5 September 2007
Site notice start
14 August 2007
Site notice end
5 September 2007

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mickleton
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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

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.

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