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Castle View, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, Co. Durham DL17 9AQ

7/2002/0651/DMFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2003

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

Proposal

CONVERSION OF CASTLE VIEW TO 3NO DWELLINGS AND CONVERSION OF COACH HOUSE OUTBUILDING TO 1NO DWELLING.

Received
18 November 2002
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Castle View, Bishop Middleham, Ferryhill, Co. Durham DL17 9AQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer 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 9AQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2002
Consultation expiry
31 December 2002
Consultation start
10 December 2002
Consultation end
31 December 2002
Target decision date
27 January 2003
Committee meeting
7 February 2003
Decision issued
11 February 2003
Application expires
31 December 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
19 John Street ,Cullercoats ,Tyne And Wear ,NE30 4PJ ,

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2002
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2002
Site notice start
6 December 2002

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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