Site Of Former Wolsingham Steelworks Durham Road Wolsingham DL13 3HX

DM/20/01421/OUTOutline ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 November 2022

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline planning permission for up to 151 new homes of mixed type and tenure, conversion of former office buildings for up to 750sqm of mixed use floorspace providing for flexible use within Use Classes A1, A2, A3, B1, D1 and D2 with Town Centre uses extending to no more than 399sqm, site remediation, structural landscaping and ancillary works; and associated infrastructure with all matters reserved except means of access from Durham Road.

Received: 4 June 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale
Agent: Nexus Planning

ReceivedReceived4 Jun
ValidatedValidated16 Jun
Consult.Consultation20 Oct
TargetTarget Date15 Sep
DecidedDecided21 Nov

Decided in 888 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Of Former Wolsingham Steelworks Durham Road Wolsingham DL13 3HX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 3HX
Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 151
Parish: Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 June 2020
Consultation expiry: 28 October 2021
Consultation start: 6 October 2021
Consultation end: 20 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 7 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 28 October 2021
Last date for comments: 28 October 2021
Target decision date: 15 September 2020
Permission expires: 21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Nexus Planning
Agent address: Eastgate 2 Castle Street Manchester M3 4LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 July 2020
Advertisement expiry: 30 July 2020
Site notice start: 9 July 2020
Site notice end: 30 July 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08685954
Documents: 110

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Brownfield land register: Durham Road, DL13 3HZRegister site at or near this address
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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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