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13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ

DM/16/01651/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 June 2016

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Proposal

Erection of detached garage/store/workshop

Received
20 May 2016
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Maria Ferguson Planning Limited
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 13 Rectory Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2016
Consultation expiry
28 June 2016
Consultation start
26 May 2016
Consultation end
16 June 2016
Neighbour consultation start
26 May 2016
Neighbour consultation end
16 June 2016
Last date for comments
28 June 2016
Target decision date
18 July 2016
Permission expires
29 June 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Maria Ferguson Planning Limited
Agent address
Hunter Hill Little Crakehall Bedale DL81LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 June 2016
Advertisement expiry
23 June 2016
Site notice start
7 June 2016
Site notice end
28 June 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05163890
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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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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