2 Piggy Lane Gainford Darlington DL2 3DJ
Approved on 20 September 2016
Fast Track
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Proposal
Conversion of garage into garden room
- Received
- 7 July 2016
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Barnard Castle East
- ReceivedReceived7 Jul
- ValidatedValidated26 Jul
- Consult.Consultation23 Aug
- TargetTarget Date20 Sep
- DecidedDecided20 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 2 Piggy Lane Gainford Darlington DL2 3DJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Gainford conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. 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 3DJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Gainford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 July 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 31 August 2016
- Consultation start
- 2 August 2016
- Consultation end
- 23 August 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 2 August 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 August 2016
- Last date for comments
- 31 August 2016
- Target decision date
- 20 September 2016
- Permission expires
- 20 September 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Harrison and Johnson
- Agent address
- 81 Bondgate Darlington DL3 7JT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 August 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 August 2016
- Site notice start
- 9 August 2016
- Site notice end
- 30 August 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05297958
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Gainford
- Listed building: Grade II: Garden Walls and Piers to Numbers 2 to 7On or next to this site · +5 more
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, 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.
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