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Rainbow Cottage 7 Palmers Terrace Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AN

DM/21/00862/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 18 November 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of detached building to the rear to be used as office and meeting space to deliver counselling, therapy and remote training, including provision of associated poly tunnel and works

Received
15 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bishop Middleham and Cornforth
Agent
Southgate & Sarabia Architects Ltd.
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided18 Nov

Decided in 234 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Rainbow Cottage 7 Palmers Terrace Bishop Middleham Ferryhill DL17 9AN. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 248 days, 27 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Middleham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 282 applications in total for the DL17 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
DL17 9AN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Middleham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2021
Consultation expiry
22 July 2021
Consultation start
1 April 2021
Consultation end
22 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
22 July 2021
Last date for comments
22 July 2021
Target decision date
24 May 2021
Permission expires
18 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Southgate & Sarabia Architects Ltd.
Architect profile
SOUTHGATE & SARABIA ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 4 17 Redhill Street Manchester M4 5BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2021
Site notice start
9 April 2021
Site notice end
30 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09621531
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bishop MiddlehamPart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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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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