Thorpe Lido (The Former Whorlton Lido), Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham

6/2013/0189/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 August 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Retention of light railway and formation of access track and car parking area

Received: 21 June 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Barnard Castle East

ReceivedReceived21 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation2 Aug
TargetTarget Date19 Aug
DecidedDecided1 Aug

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Thorpe Lido (The Former Whorlton Lido), Whorlton, Barnard Castle, County Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. 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: Wycliffe With Thorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2013
Consultation expiry: 2 August 2013
Consultation start: 26 July 2013
Consultation end: 2 August 2013
Last date for comments: 2 August 2013
Target decision date: 19 August 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Planarch Design Limited Kingsway Court 54 Kingsway Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 4 July 2013
Site notice end: 26 July 2013

Additional information

Documents: 13

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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