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Land To The North Of Graveyard 'Java Barn' Copthill Cowshill DL13 1AB

DM/17/03729/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 February 2018

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of redundant building to holiday accommodation, including extension to the north

Received
13 November 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Weardale
Agent
John Taylor Architects Limited
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Land To The North Of Graveyard 'Java Barn' Copthill Cowshill DL13 1AB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cowshill conservation area. 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 1AB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2017
Consultation expiry
16 February 2018
Consultation start
26 January 2018
Consultation end
16 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2018
Last date for comments
29 December 2017
Target decision date
19 January 2018
Decision issued
27 February 2018
Permission expires
27 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Taylor Architects Limited
Architect profile
JOHN TAYLOR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
The Studio 64 High West Road Crook Co Durham DL15 9NT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 December 2017
Advertisement expiry
28 December 2017
Site notice start
8 December 2017
Site notice end
29 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06532549
Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Cowshill
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines

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, 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.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    25 Sep

    Discharge of condition 4 (Access retaining wall details) pursuant of planning application DM/17/03729/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/20/00324
  2. 2017
    13 Nov

    Conversion of redundant building to holiday accommodation, including extension to the north

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/17/03729/FPA

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