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Town End Farm High Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AR

DM/14/02212/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 September 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing barn and erection of 2no dwellings

Received
28 July 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
  1. Received28 Jul
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 315 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Town End Farm High Street Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 417 days, 52 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications 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 9AR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2014
Consultation expiry
20 July 2015
Consultation start
6 July 2015
Consultation end
20 July 2015
Neighbour consultation start
18 September 2015
Neighbour consultation end
20 July 2015
Last date for comments
20 July 2015
Target decision date
2 January 2015
Permission expires
18 September 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Brian Iley Architects Limited 8 The Old Village Brancepeth Co Durham DH7 8DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 November 2014
Advertisement expiry
11 December 2014
Site notice start
20 November 2014
Site notice end
11 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    1 Jul

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission DM/19/00975/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/20/01720/VOC
  2. 2019
    18 Mar

    Variation of conditions 2 and 3 pursuant to planning approval: DM/16/03067/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/19/00975/VOC
  3. 2017
    13 Oct

    Remove limbs of Lime tree back to main trunk and removal of Hawthorn

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/17/03397/TCA
  4. 2017
    13 Oct

    Removal of 2no. hawthorn

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/17/03381/TCA
  5. 2017
    20 Feb

    Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5 and 7 pursuant to planning approval ref: DM/16/03067/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/17/00070
  6. 2016
    23 Sep

    Conversion of barns to 3no. dwellings

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/16/03067/FPA

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