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Wolsingham School And Commercial College Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DN

DM/18/03360/PNDPrior Notification DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 November 2018

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for the demolition of all buildings within the site

Received
2 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received2 Nov
  2. Validated2 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target29 Nov
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Wolsingham School And Commercial College Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DN. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 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 3DN
Application type
Prior Notification Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 November 2018
Consultation expiry
28 November 2018
Consultation start
7 November 2018
Consultation end
28 November 2018
Target decision date
29 November 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Durham County Council
Agent address
Regeneration And Local Services St Johns Road Meadowfield Durham DH7 8XQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WolsinghamPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Leazes Lane, Dl13 3dnRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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