The Comedian 117 Front Street Sunniside Bishop Auckland DL13 4LW
Approved on 30 November 2018
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Outline application for residential development with all matters reserved
- Received
- 5 October 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Tow Law
- ReceivedReceived5 Oct
- ValidatedValidated23 Oct
- Consult.Consultation30 Nov
- TargetTarget Date18 Dec
- DecidedDecided30 Nov
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at The Comedian 117 Front Street Sunniside Bishop Auckland DL13 4LW. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.
89% of outline 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 4LW
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 October 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 30 November 2018
- Consultation start
- 16 November 2018
- Consultation end
- 30 November 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 October 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 November 2018
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2018
- Target decision date
- 18 December 2018
- Decision issued
- 3 December 2018
- Permission expires
- 3 December 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 9 Aykley Vale Aykley Heads Durham DH1 5WA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202222 Feb
Change of use from Public House to upholstery workshop (Use Class E) and associated dwelling, internal…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/22/00524/FPA - 200627 Jun
Proposed 2 no. Semi-Detached dwellings with single integral garages & parking spaces (outline application)
WithdrawnOutline Application3/2006/0577
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