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West Farm Little Newsham Darlington County Durham DL2 3QN

DM/15/00535/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 October 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Demolition of a detached agricultural building in a conservation area

Received
23 February 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barnard Castle East
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target12 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at West Farm Little Newsham Darlington County Durham DL2 3QN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 225 days, 24 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Newsham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3QN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Winston

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2015
Consultation expiry
21 October 2015
Consultation start
30 September 2015
Consultation end
21 October 2015
Neighbour consultation start
20 August 2015
Neighbour consultation end
10 September 2015
Target decision date
12 October 2015
Decision issued
8 October 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 August 2015
Advertisement expiry
16 September 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03990738
Documents
13

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: Little Newsham
  • 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.

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.

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