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Leazes Farm Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DS

DM/19/01850/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 23 April 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Three Agricultural buildings: for housing animals including a calving barn, young bull barn and 1 agricultural building for midden/silage and associated works including drainage and landscaping at Leazes Farm. (Amended plans)

Received
10 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Hodgson Architectural Services
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 171 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Leazes Farm Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 318 days, 37 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications 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 3DS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2019
Consultation expiry
14 April 2020
Consultation start
31 March 2020
Consultation end
14 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2020
Last date for comments
2 March 2020
Target decision date
3 February 2020
Permission expires
23 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hodgson Architectural Services
Architect profile
HODGSON ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
Office 99 Derwentside Business Centre Consett Business Park Consett DH8 6BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 November 2019
Advertisement expiry
5 December 2019
Site notice start
12 November 2019
Site notice end
3 December 2019

Appeal

Appeal reference
20/00031/COND
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
59

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North PenninesPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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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    10 Jun

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