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Forge Cottage 39 Front Street Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1ER

DM/16/00395/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 25 April 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey side extension

Received
5 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at Forge Cottage 39 Front Street Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1ER. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 1ER
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2016
Consultation expiry
31 March 2016
Consultation start
2 March 2016
Consultation end
23 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2016
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2016
Last date for comments
31 March 2016
Target decision date
27 April 2016
Permission expires
25 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
A M Prickett
Agent address
The Barn Blindcrake Cockermouth Cumbria CA13 0QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 March 2016
Advertisement expiry
31 March 2016
Site notice start
3 March 2016
Site notice end
24 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04809227
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    31 May

    Listed building application for replacement windows to front

    ApprovedListed building consentDM/19/01787/LB
  2. 2016
    5 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sample panel), 4 (materials) and 5 (joinery details) pursuant to listed building…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/16/00215
  3. 2010
    26 Jul

    Close up one of two front doors. Create a new entrance to the rear of the property. Create small shower room…

    ApprovedFull Planning Application3/2010/0351
  4. 2010
    16 Apr

    Close up one of the two front doors, create a new entrance to rear of property, create a small shower room in…

    ApprovedListed building consent3/2010/0180
  5. 2006
    23 Mar

    Install new windows and form new opening internally

    ApprovedListed building consent3/2006/0275

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