Butterknowle Sewage Treatment Works, Butterknowle, County Durham
Approved on 16 December 2004
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed upgrading of existing site
- Received
- 1 September 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date27 Oct
- DecidedDecided16 Dec
Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Butterknowle Sewage Treatment Works, Butterknowle, County Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cockfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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
- Lynesack And Softley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 September 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 5 October 2004
- Consultation start
- 2 November 2004
- Target decision date
- 27 October 2004
- Committee meeting
- 15 December 2004
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mott McDonald
- Agent address
- St Ann's Wharf 112 Quayside Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear NE1 3DX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 47 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 5 October 2004
Additional information
- Documents
- 0
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Cockfield
- Listed building: Grade II: Railway Bridge C.400 Metres East of Former Hagger Leases StationOn or next to this site
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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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