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Holmgarth, Bank Top, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, Co. Durham DL17 9AW

7/2001/0582/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 11 January 2002

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

CHANGE OF USE FROM FORMER JOINERY/BAKERY TO OFFICE AND MODEL MAKING FACILITY (USE CLASS B1)

Received
29 November 2001
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Holmgarth, Bank Top, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, Co. Durham DL17 9AW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
DL17 9AW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2001
Consultation expiry
26 December 2001
Consultation start
5 December 2001
Consultation end
26 December 2001
Target decision date
25 January 2002
Committee meeting
11 January 2002
Decision issued
14 January 2002
Application expires
26 December 2001

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Woodstock Bungalow ,Woodstock Terrace ,Bishop Middleham ,Co Durham DL17 9BQ ,

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2001
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2001
Site notice start
6 December 2001

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: Bishop Middleham
  • 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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