Widehope Farm Bildershaw Bishop Auckland DL14 9PL
Withdrawn on 5 January 2022
Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of barn conversion/ farm/boarding kennels to 2 children's homes (for 5 children and 4 children) for children with complex needs with associated garden and parking.
- Received
- 13 October 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Evenwood
- ReceivedReceived13 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Nov
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Widehope Farm Bildershaw Bishop Auckland DL14 9PL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 84 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 9PL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Etherley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 November 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 2 December 2021
- Consultation start
- 11 November 2021
- Consultation end
- 2 December 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 November 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 December 2021
- Last date for comments
- 2 December 2021
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 November 2021
- Site notice end
- 1 December 2021
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10299003
- Documents
- 36
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)
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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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Nearby applications
- Widehope Farm, Bildershaw6/2009/0127/DM · FullWithdrawn0.0 mi
- Widehope Farm, Bildershaw, West Auckland, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 9PL6/2012/0119/DM · FullApproved0.0 mi
- Amirene Kennels, Widehope Farm, Bildershaw, West Auckland6/2008/0017/DM · FullRefused0.0 mi
- Barn At Amirene Kennels, Widehope Farm, Bildershaw West Auckland DL14 9PL6/2007/0454/DM · FullAwaiting decision0.0 mi
- Widehope Farm BildershawDM/19/03412/FPA · FullApproved0.0 mi
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