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Wolsingham School And Community College Leazes Lane Wolsingham Durham DL13 3DN

DM/14/00920/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 June 2014

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed extension to the Wolsingham lower school building, part demolition of existing classroom block to the rear and associated landscaping

Received
11 April 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received11 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wolsingham School And Community College Leazes Lane Wolsingham Durham DL13 3DN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 3DN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2014
Consultation expiry
22 May 2014
Consultation start
16 April 2014
Consultation end
7 May 2014
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2014
Neighbour consultation end
15 May 2014
Last date for comments
22 May 2014
Target decision date
14 July 2014
Committee meeting
17 June 2014
Permission expires
18 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss Kirsty Dewell AulknerBrowns Architects The Beehive Lingfield Point Darlington County Durham DL1 1YN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 May 2014
Advertisement expiry
22 May 2014
Site notice start
23 April 2014
Site notice end
14 May 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03252662
Documents
83

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Associated applications

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  2. 2016
    26 Jan

    Discharge of condition 16 (archaeology) of planning approval DM/14/00920/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/16/00017
  3. 2015
    3 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 23 (landscaping) pursuant to approved planning reference DM/14/00920/FPA

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  4. 2015
    24 Jul

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    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDM/15/02358/NMA
  5. 2015
    6 May

    Discharge of planning conditions 3 (materials) and 17 (building recording) pursuant to DM/14/00920/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/15/00127
  6. 2015
    23 Mar

    Non material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/14/00920/FPA

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  7. 2015
    22 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 15 (Archaeology),18 (Natural England Development License), 20 (Alternative Bat Roost)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/15/00017
  8. 2014
    18 Dec

    Discharge of conditions 4 (construction & demolition plan), 5 (landscaping), 14 (decontamination) and 25…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/14/00365
  9. 2014
    11 Apr

    Proposed extension to the Wolsingham lower school building, part demolition of existing classroom block to…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/14/00920/FPA
  10. 2014
    11 Apr

    Car parking remodelling and associated landscaping works

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Source: Durham

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