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Fern Cottage Meadowfield Farm Thornley Durham DH6 3EE

DM/23/01695/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 July 2023

Householder (No Objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Front entrance porch

Received
8 June 2023
Decision level
Householder (No Objection)
Ward
Trimdon and Thornley
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Fern Cottage Meadowfield Farm Thornley Durham DH6 3EE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
DH6 3EE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shadforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
19 July 2023
Consultation start
15 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 July 2023
Last date for comments
21 July 2023
Target decision date
4 August 2023
Decision issued
26 July 2023
Permission expires
26 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Fellside Newcastle Upon Tyne Tyne & Wear NE3 4LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 June 2023
Site notice end
19 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
6

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.

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