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Dobinsons Yard West End Wolsingham

DM/20/00329/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 March 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Repositioning of door to no. 34 West End and insertion of window to former door opening, retaining existing head to opening. Removal of ground floor window to east elevation of no. 38 West End, removing head and cill and blocking up with matching stonework. Rationalization of roof lights to east elevation of no. 32 West End.

Received
6 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
PlanArch Design Ltd
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Dobinsons Yard West End Wolsingham. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

96% of amendment 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
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2020
Target decision date
18 March 2020
Permission expires
11 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PlanArch Design Ltd
Agent address
Kingsway Court 54 Kingsway Bishop Auckland DL14 7JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 22, High StreetOn or next to this 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 (20)

flood storage 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

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    6 Feb

    Repositioning of door to no. 34 West End and insertion of window to former door opening, retaining existing…

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/20/00329/NMA
  2. 2020
    6 Feb

    Discharge of condition 3 (windows and doors) of planning permission DM/19/02133/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideDRC/20/00057

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