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8 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AA

DM/22/01674/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Insert new door to front, and alterations in association with change of use from office to Gallery (part ground floor) and holiday accommodation part ground and first floor including ground floor rear extension. (Resubmission of - DM/22/00151/FPA to revise the window arrangement to the front (southern) elevation.)

Received
8 June 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
Agent
Ramshaw Architecture
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 8 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DL13 3AA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2022
Consultation expiry
27 July 2022
Consultation start
20 July 2022
Consultation end
27 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
15 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2022
Last date for comments
14 July 2022
Target decision date
4 August 2022
Permission expires
2 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ramshaw Architecture
Agent address
Ashes Engine House Crawleyside Bank Stanhope DL13 2DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 June 2022
Advertisement expiry
14 July 2022
Site notice start
16 June 2022
Site notice end
7 July 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11312077
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wolsingham
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2022
    8 Jun

    Insert new door to front, and alterations in association with change of use from office to Gallery (part…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/22/01674/FPA
  2. 2022
    19 Jan

    Insertion of new door to front, rear extensions and alterations in association with change of use from office…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/22/00151/FPA

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