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

DM/16/00396/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 April 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Listed building consent for part demolition of single storey side extension and erection of two storey side extension and porch to rear

Received: 5 February 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale

ReceivedReceived5 Feb
ValidatedValidated2 Mar
Consult.Consultation25 Mar
TargetTarget Date27 Apr
DecidedDecided25 Apr

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Forge Cottage 39 Front Street Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 1ER. Durham has handled 451 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 heritage 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: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 March 2016
Consultation expiry: 31 March 2016
Consultation start: 4 March 2016
Consultation end: 25 March 2016
Neighbour consultation start: 10 February 2016
Neighbour consultation end: 2 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: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene
Listed building: Grade II: Weavers Workshop at Junction of A689 and Causeway RoadOn this site · +1 more
National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
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, 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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2016
5 Feb
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This applicationApprovedListed building consentDM/16/00396/LB

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