26 The Causeway Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AZ
Approved on 4 February 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of existing outbuilding from garden room, office and storage to elderly persons bedroom / sitting room for ancillary residential use and retention of extension. (Amended plans and description)
- Received
- 7 October 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale (Historic)
- Agent
- William Gray Associates
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated27 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Dec
- TargetTarget Date22 Dec
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 26 The Causeway Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AZ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3AZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 October 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2021
- Consultation start
- 23 November 2020
- Consultation end
- 14 December 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 January 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 February 2021
- Last date for comments
- 2 February 2021
- Target decision date
- 22 December 2020
- Permission expires
- 4 February 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- William Gray Associates
- Architect profile
- WILLIAM GRAY ASSOCIATES LTD
- Agent address
- Eggleston Hall Barnard Castle Co Durham DL12 0AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09078227
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Wolsingham
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, 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.
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2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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