Widehope Farm Bildershaw
Approved on 13 December 2019
Fast Track
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 1no. dwelling (Resubmission)
- Received
- 25 October 2019
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Evenwood
- Agent
- Thomson Hunter Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived25 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Oct
- Consult.Consultation25 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided13 Dec
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Widehope Farm Bildershaw. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Etherley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 October 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 27 November 2019
- Consultation start
- 4 November 2019
- Consultation end
- 25 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 November 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 November 2019
- Last date for comments
- 27 November 2019
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2019
- Permission expires
- 13 December 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
- Site notice start
- 6 November 2019
- Site notice end
- 27 November 2019
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08253393
- Documents
- 10
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)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200924 Jul
Conversion of redundant barn/outbuildings to residential dwelling & 2 no holiday units
ApprovedFull Planning Application6/2009/0246/DM - 20092 Apr
Change of use of vacant barn & boarding kennels to residential dwelling with outbuildings & associated…
WithdrawnFull Planning Application6/2009/0127/DM
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