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Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

6/2008/0391/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 17 September 2009

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Redevelopment to create an extra care community for the elderly including erection of new buildings

Received
29 September 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barnard Castle East
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Feb
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 353 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 353 days, 42 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
DL2 3BQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Gainford

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2008
Consultation expiry
6 February 2009
Consultation start
23 January 2009
Consultation end
6 February 2009
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2008
Last date for comments
6 February 2009
Target decision date
29 December 2008
Committee meeting
17 September 2009
Decision issued
28 September 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sedgwick Associates 24 Queensbrook Spa Road Bolton BL1 4AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 October 2008
Advertisement expiry
29 October 2008
Site notice start
2 October 2008
Site notice end
29 October 2008

Additional information

Documents
72

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: GainfordNext to the site
  • 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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Sep

    Discharge of condition 6 (M4(2) compliance report) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/02459/DRC
  2. 2026
    13 Aug

    Residential development comprising a maximum of 6no. dwellings

    ApprovedApplicationDM/26/00492/PIP
  3. 2026
    10 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 9 (external doors and windows) pursuant to planning application DM/24/01494/VOC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01775/DRC
  4. 2026
    16 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sustainability statement), 4 (windows and doors) and 7 (hedge planting) pursuant…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00966/DRC
  5. 2025
    11 Dec

    Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to DM/25/03012/VOC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/25/03447/DRC
  6. 2025
    27 Oct

    Variation of condition 12 (phasing) pursuant to DM/24/01421/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/25/03012/VOC

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