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Willow Tree Cottage East Hedleyhope Durham DL13 4PR

DM/22/03774/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 February 2023

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing double garage to annexe (partly retrospective).

Received
21 December 2022
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Deerness
Agent
D3 associates
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated10 Jan
  3. Consult.8 Feb
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Willow Tree Cottage East Hedleyhope Durham DL13 4PR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. 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 4PR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hedleyhope

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 January 2023
Consultation expiry
24 February 2023
Consultation start
18 January 2023
Consultation end
8 February 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2023
Last date for comments
24 February 2023
Target decision date
7 March 2023
Decision issued
28 February 2023
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
D3 associates
Agent address
Mallan House Bridge End NE46 4DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 January 2023
Site notice end
15 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11786235
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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© 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.

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