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Thorpe Lido Whorlton Barnard Castle County Durham

DM/14/02418/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 24 March 2015

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of ten eco lodges (amended landscape/layout details received 3rd February 2015, amended landscape plan received 5th March 2015)

Received
13 August 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barnard Castle East
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target26 Nov
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 209 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Thorpe Lido Whorlton Barnard Castle County Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 223 days, 24 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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
Wycliffe With Thorpe

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2014
Consultation expiry
19 February 2015
Consultation start
5 February 2015
Consultation end
19 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2015
Last date for comments
19 February 2015
Target decision date
26 November 2014
Committee meeting
19 March 2015
Decision issued
30 March 2015
Permission expires
30 March 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PlanArch Design Ltd Kingsway Court 54 Kingsway Bishop Auckland County Durham DL14 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
24 September 2014
Site notice start
9 September 2014
Site notice end
30 September 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03553721
Documents
76

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Scheduled monument: Whorlton suspension bridgePart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

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, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    29 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials), 4 (glazing), 5 (landscape scheme...inc habitat management) and 8…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/18/00040
  2. 2014
    13 Aug

    Erection of ten eco lodges (amended landscape/layout details received 3rd February 2015, amended landscape…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/14/02418/FPA

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    29 Jan

    Site access improvements (AMENDED DRAWING 23/02/2018)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/18/00301/FPA

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