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The Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre The Slack Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 3HU

DM/15/03659/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of visitor centre to residential dwelling

Received
25 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evenwood
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre The Slack Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 3HU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cockfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 3HU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2015
Consultation expiry
19 January 2016
Consultation start
5 January 2016
Consultation end
19 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
10 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2015
Last date for comments
19 January 2016
Target decision date
3 February 2016
Decision issued
3 February 2016
Permission expires
3 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Flat 6 Hitherlands 25 Little Dimocks Balham London SW12 9JN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 December 2015
Advertisement expiry
6 January 2016
Site notice start
22 December 2015
Site notice end
12 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04461299
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CockfieldPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: CockfieldPart of the site
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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© 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. 2017
    20 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) & 5 (windows and doors) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/03659/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/17/00162
  2. 2015
    25 Nov

    Conversion of visitor centre to residential dwelling

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/15/03659/FPA

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