Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford Darlington Co Durham DL2 3BQ
Approved on 2 April 2019
Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee
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Proposal
Part conversion and demolition of existing school to 6 apartments and erection of 10 dwellings and associated infrastructure
- Received
- 9 March 2015
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Barnard Castle East
- Agent
- Sedgwick Associates
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated11 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Jul
- TargetTarget Date10 Jun
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 1483 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford Darlington Co Durham DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. 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 3BQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 10
- Parish
- Gainford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 March 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 9 July 2015
- Consultation start
- 25 June 2015
- Consultation end
- 9 July 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 October 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 April 2015
- Last date for comments
- 9 July 2015
- Target decision date
- 10 June 2015
- Committee meeting
- 22 October 2015
- Decision issued
- 3 April 2019
- Permission expires
- 3 April 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Sedgwick Associates
- Agent address
- 24 Queensbrook Spa Road Bolton Greater Manchester BL1 4AY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 25 March 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 April 2015
- Site notice start
- 25 March 2015
- Site notice end
- 15 April 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04031446
- Documents
- 69
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: GainfordPart of the site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- Brownfield land register: Main Road, DL2 3BQRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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