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Land And Buildings To The West Of Royal Oak Inn Pinfold Lane Butterknowle DL13 5NX

DM/21/01620/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 October 2021

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of apartment to include cellar/workshop (demolition of existing barn)

Received
30 April 2021
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Evenwood
Agent
David Leybourne Architects
  1. Received30 Apr
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Sep
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 128 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land And Buildings To The West Of Royal Oak Inn Pinfold Lane Butterknowle DL13 5NX. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 166 days, 16 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. 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 5NX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2021
Consultation expiry
20 September 2021
Consultation start
6 September 2021
Consultation end
20 September 2021
Neighbour consultation start
28 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
19 July 2021
Last date for comments
20 July 2021
Target decision date
2 August 2021
Permission expires
13 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
David Leybourne Architects
Agent address
Sandy Bank Cottage Fir Tree Crook DL15 8EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 June 2021
Site notice end
20 July 2021

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    15 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (materials), 4 (windows, doors and garage door) and 5 (hard and soft landscaping)…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/22/00099
  2. 2021
    30 Apr

    Erection of apartment to include cellar/workshop (demolition of existing barn)

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/21/01620/FPA

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