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The Former Ebenezer Chapel, Forest In Teesdale, County Durham, DL12 0EW

6/2012/0024/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 March 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of redundant chapel to holiday let, erection of wood and refuse store together with associated external works

Received
26 January 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Apr
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Former Ebenezer Chapel, Forest In Teesdale, County Durham, DL12 0EW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 0EW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest And Frith

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2012
Consultation expiry
2 April 2012
Consultation start
12 March 2012
Consultation end
2 April 2012
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2012
Last date for comments
2 April 2012
Target decision date
29 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Lee Darvill Architecture Hillside Barningham Richmond North Yorkshire DL11 7DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 February 2012

Additional information

Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • 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, conservation 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, 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.

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