Land South And East Of The Old Stables Shotley Grove Road Shotley Bridge DH8 8SG
Approved on 27 February 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Partially retrospective application for the construction of a stable building comprising 3 stables, tack room and feed store area, the creation of a new access and internal access track and the change of use of the land to private equestrian use (amended 27/7/22 with revised red line boundary and reduction in stables) (amended 23/1/23 new materials and relocation of entrance to stables)
- Received
- 25 March 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- Agent
- GHBD Limited
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation7 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided27 Feb
Decided in 262 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land South And East Of The Old Stables Shotley Grove Road Shotley Bridge DH8 8SG. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 339 days, 40 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 8SG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 7 February 2023
- Consultation start
- 24 January 2023
- Consultation end
- 7 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 24 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 February 2023
- Last date for comments
- 7 February 2023
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2022
- Decision issued
- 28 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 28 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GHBD Limited
- Architect profile
- GHBD LTD
- Agent address
- Office 99 Derwentside Business Centre Consett Business Park Consett United Kingdom DH9 6BP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 June 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 July 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11106626
- Documents
- 28
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shotley BridgePart of the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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