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Butterknowle Sewage Treatment Works, Butterknowle, County Durham

8/CMA/6/24Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2005

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed upgrade of existing works

Received
11 February 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 37 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 40 days, 2 weeks quicker 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
Medium
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2005
Consultation start
15 February 2005
Target decision date
29 April 2005
Committee meeting
23 March 2005

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
74 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    1 Sep

    Proposed upgrading of existing site

    ApprovedFull Planning Application8/CMA/6/20

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