3 Orchard View Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EN

DM/20/00945/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 28 May 2020

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Conversion of bungalow into 2 dwellings.

Received: 8 April 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale (Historic)
Agent: Dixon Dawson Chartered Architects

ReceivedReceived8 Apr
ValidatedValidated9 Apr
Consult.Consultation5 May
TargetTarget Date4 Jun
DecidedDecided28 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 3 Orchard View Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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: DL13 3EN
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 April 2020
Consultation expiry: 15 May 2020
Consultation start: 14 April 2020
Consultation end: 5 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 14 April 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 5 May 2020
Last date for comments: 15 May 2020
Target decision date: 4 June 2020
Decision issued: 29 May 2020
Permission expires: 29 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Dixon Dawson Chartered Architects
Agent address: The Old Rectory Mains Park Road Chester-le-Street DH3 3PU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 23 April 2020
Advertisement expiry: 14 May 2020
Site notice start: 24 April 2020
Site notice end: 15 May 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08633271
Documents: 13

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: 8, Meadhope 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.

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Associated applications

2020
5 Oct
Discharge of condition 3 (window and door details) of planning permission DM/20/00945/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/20/00333
2020
8 Apr
Conversion of bungalow into 2 dwellings.
This applicationApprovedFullDM/20/00945/FPA

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Source: Durham

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