Woodland Primary School The Edge Woodland Bishop Auckland DL13 5RF
Approved on 22 November 2021
Fast Track
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Proposal
Erection of 31 solar panels on school playing field.
- Received
- 22 September 2021
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Evenwood
- ReceivedReceived22 Sep
- ValidatedValidated28 Sep
- Consult.Consultation23 Nov
- TargetTarget Date23 Nov
- DecidedDecided22 Nov
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Woodland Primary School The Edge Woodland Bishop Auckland DL13 5RF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5RF
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Lynesack And Softley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 September 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 23 November 2021
- Consultation start
- 9 November 2021
- Consultation end
- 23 November 2021
- Last date for comments
- 22 October 2021
- Target decision date
- 23 November 2021
- Permission expires
- 22 November 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 1 October 2021
- Site notice end
- 22 October 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10236808
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20091 Jun
Proposed extension to provide new office and adjacent entrance and reinstatement of staffroom
ApprovedCounty Council Application Reg. 38/928/6/94(2) - 20067 Apr
Erection of aluminium framed canopy
ApprovedMineral application6/2006/0143/CM - 20064 Apr
Regulation 3 application for aluminium framed external canopy
ApprovedCounty Council Application Reg. 38/928/6/94
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