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Ye Olde Fleece Inn 27 Bank Top Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AW

DM/19/03169/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 December 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of public house with managers accommodation into 2 no. dwellings

Received
4 October 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
Agent
Glasper Lee Design Ltd
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided3 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ye Olde Fleece Inn 27 Bank Top Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
DL17 9AW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2019
Consultation expiry
6 December 2019
Consultation start
22 November 2019
Consultation end
6 December 2019
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2019
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2019
Last date for comments
7 November 2019
Target decision date
4 December 2019
Permission expires
3 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Glasper Lee Design Ltd
Architect profile
GLASPER LEE DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Office 4 16 Tenters Street Bishop Auckland DL14 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 October 2019
Advertisement expiry
7 November 2019
Site notice start
15 October 2019
Site notice end
5 November 2019

Additional information

Documents
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop Middleham
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    11 Feb

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission DM/19/03169/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/20/00353/VOC
  2. 2019
    4 Oct

    Proposed change of use of public house with managers accommodation into 2 no. dwellings

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/19/03169/FPA

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