The Comedian 117 Front Street Sunniside Bishop Auckland DL13 4LW
Approved on 9 May 2022
Fast Track
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Proposal
Change of use from Public House to upholstery workshop (Use Class E) and associated dwelling, internal alterations, and new front door to existing first floor dwelling
- Received
- 22 February 2022
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Tow Law
- Agent
- Paul Interior Architecture
- ReceivedReceived22 Feb
- ValidatedValidated1 Mar
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date26 Apr
- DecidedDecided9 May
Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Comedian 117 Front Street Sunniside Bishop Auckland DL13 4LW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 4LW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 March 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 31 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 10 March 2022
- Consultation end
- 31 March 2022
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 March 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 31 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 26 April 2022
- Decision issued
- 10 May 2022
- Permission expires
- 10 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Paul Interior Architecture
- Agent address
- Riverside Design Studios Salts Mil Victoria Road Saltaire BD18 3LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-10588290
- Documents
- 13
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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