Sunridge Farm House Thornley Durham DH6 3EE
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural to off road motorcycle training centre, with creation of motor track.
- Received
- 23 August 2021
- Decision due
- 29 March 2022
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Trimdon and Thornley
- ReceivedReceived23 Aug
- ValidatedValidated1 Feb
- Consult.Consultation2 Jun
- TargetTarget Date29 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Sunridge Farm House Thornley Durham DH6 3EE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 August 2021 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
- DH6 3EE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shadforth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 February 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 2 June 2023
- Consultation start
- 19 May 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 56 Edwin Street Houghton Le Spring DH5 8AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 February 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 March 2022
- Site notice start
- 3 March 2022
- Site notice end
- 24 March 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10147114
- Documents
- 71
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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