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Site Of Former Low Harperley Farm Fir Tree DL15 8DY

DM/19/01854/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 November 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conversion of existing barn to provide farm employees with rest room, WC, drying area and stores.

Received
11 June 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received11 Jun
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided12 Nov

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Site Of Former Low Harperley Farm Fir Tree DL15 8DY. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 700 applications in total for the DL15 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
DL15 8DY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2019
Consultation expiry
4 November 2019
Consultation start
10 October 2019
Consultation end
31 October 2019
Last date for comments
4 November 2019
Target decision date
3 December 2019
Decision issued
14 November 2019
Permission expires
14 November 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Thomasons
Agent address
12 United Business Park Lowfields Road LEEDS LS12 6UB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 October 2019
Site notice end
4 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07765223
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    11 Jun

    Conversion of existing barn to provide farm employees with rest room, WC, drying area and stores.

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/19/01854/FPA
  2. 2019
    11 Jun

    Conversion of existing barn to provide farm employees with rest room, WC, drying area and stores.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/19/01855/LB

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