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Thornley Pit House Farm Bridge Street Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4LL

DM/21/01708/PNCPrior Notification Change of UseAwaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed Change of Use of Agricultural Building to Waste Transfer Station under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R

Received
11 May 2021
Decision due
5 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tow Law
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Thornley Pit House Farm Bridge Street Tow Law Bishop Auckland DL13 4LL. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 May 2021 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

96% of amendment 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 4LL
Application type
Prior Notification Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Tow Law

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2021
Consultation expiry
28 May 2021
Consultation start
14 May 2021
Consultation end
28 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09829662
Documents
3

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    19 Aug

    General Purpose agricultural building (Following DM/21/02005/PNA

    PendingPrior ApprovalDM/21/02970/PA

Source: Durham

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