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The Railway Crossings 51 Front Street West Wingate TS28 5AA

DM/20/00210/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 April 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor residential accommodation into B&B with 5 No. bedrooms including en-suite and conversion of loft space into residential to serve as the managers accommodation

Received
28 January 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wingate
Agent
North East Architectural Services
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Railway Crossings 51 Front Street West Wingate TS28 5AA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 374 applications in total for the TS28 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
TS28 5AA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wingate

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2020
Consultation expiry
5 March 2020
Consultation start
7 February 2020
Consultation end
28 February 2020
Neighbour consultation start
7 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2020
Last date for comments
5 March 2020
Target decision date
2 April 2020
Permission expires
16 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
North East Architectural Services
Agent address
Clervaux Exchange, Clervaux Terrace Jarrow NE32 5UP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 February 2020
Site notice end
5 March 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08425118
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

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, 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

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© 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.

Source: Durham

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