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High House Chapel Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1HD

DM/22/02270/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 February 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The erection of a single storey Visitor Centre building and new Changing Places Facility, and the renovation of nettie (description amended)

Received
5 August 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
NEW BOLD DESIGN
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 206 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at High House Chapel Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1HD. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Ireshopeburn, Newhouse and West Blackdene conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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 1HD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2022
Consultation expiry
8 September 2022
Consultation start
11 August 2022
Consultation end
1 September 2022
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2022
Neighbour consultation end
1 September 2022
Last date for comments
8 September 2022
Target decision date
1 October 2022
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NEW BOLD DESIGN
Agent address
6a West Blackdene Ireshopeburn Bishop Auckland DL13 1EQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 August 2022
Advertisement expiry
8 September 2022
Site notice start
18 August 2022
Site notice end
8 September 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11451180
Documents
60

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (19)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    5 Aug

    The erection of a single storey Visitor Centre building and new Changing Places Facility, and the renovation…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideDM/22/02269/FPA
  2. 2022
    5 Aug

    The erection of a single storey Visitor Centre building and new Changing Places Facility, and the renovation…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentDM/22/02270/LB

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