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15 High Row Gainford Darlington County Durham DL2 3DN

DM/14/02561/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 October 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Loft conversion above garage and erection of external access stairs

Received
27 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barnard Castle East
Agent
PlanArch Design Ltd
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 15 High Row Gainford Darlington County Durham DL2 3DN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Gainford conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 890 applications in total for the DL2 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
DL2 3DN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gainford

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2014
Consultation expiry
1 October 2014
Consultation start
2 September 2014
Consultation end
23 September 2014
Neighbour consultation start
2 September 2014
Neighbour consultation end
23 September 2014
Last date for comments
23 September 2014
Target decision date
23 October 2014
Permission expires
22 October 2017

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
1 October 2014
Site notice start
9 September 2014
Site notice end
30 September 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03599254
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Gainford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Airy CroftOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    27 Aug

    Loft conversion above garage and erection of external access stairs

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/14/02561/FPA
  2. 2014
    27 Aug

    Listed building consent for loft conversion above garage and erection of external access stairs

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/14/02562/LB

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