Widehope Farm Bildershaw Bishop Auckland DL14 9PL
Approved on 20 February 2019
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 1no. dwelling
- Received
- 26 October 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Evenwood
- Agent
- Thomson Hunter Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived26 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation13 Feb
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Widehope Farm Bildershaw Bishop Auckland DL14 9PL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 9PL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Etherley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 13 February 2019
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2019
- Consultation end
- 13 February 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 November 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 December 2018
- Last date for comments
- 31 December 2018
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2019
- Decision issued
- 21 February 2019
- Permission expires
- 21 February 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Thomson Hunter Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- THOMSON HUNTER ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- 21 Portland Road Kilmarnock KA1 2BT Scotland
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 December 2018
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 December 2018
- Site notice start
- 10 December 2018
- Site notice end
- 31 December 2018
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07379323
- Documents
- 21
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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