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Leazes Farm Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DS

DM/22/03487/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Conversion of existing barn to form dwelling including extension and part re building, laboratory / office / workshop building in connection with existing farm and integrated tack room, stables for personal use and domestic garage. (Resub of DM/22/01771/FPA).

Received
23 November 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Leazes Farm Leazes Lane Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. 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 3DS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2022
Consultation expiry
2 February 2023
Consultation start
26 January 2023
Consultation end
2 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2022
Last date for comments
26 December 2022
Target decision date
19 January 2023
Permission expires
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Vickers and Barrass
Agent address
Humbleton Park West Auckland Road Darlington Co Durham DL2 2XX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 December 2022
Site notice end
26 December 2022

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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
    23 Nov

    Conversion of existing barn to form dwelling including extension and part re building, laboratory / office /…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/22/03487/FPA
  2. 2022
    16 Jun

    Agricultural worker's dwelling, laboratory building for associated agricultural use, integrated tack room…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/22/01771/FPA

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