Southfield Revised Opencast Coal Site, Brussleton Lane, Nr Shildon
Approved on 16 July 2004
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Application not to comply with Condition 8 of Planning Permission Nos. CMA6/4 & CMA/7/9 in order to extend the time period for mineral extraction
- Received
- 18 May 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived18 May
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Southfield Revised Opencast Coal Site, Brussleton Lane, Nr Shildon. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer 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
- Medium
- Parish
- Etherley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 May 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 10 June 2004
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2004
- Target decision date
- 30 July 2004
- Committee meeting
- 16 July 2004
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 73 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 June 2004
- Site notice end
- 10 June 2004
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
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