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6 Angate Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EW

DM/23/01854/PNCPrior Notification Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 10 August 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Reqd and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Prior Notification for change of use from retail (Class E) to residential (Class C3)

Received
16 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Weardale
Agent
Hillcoat Architects
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.19 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 6 Angate Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3EW. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

96% of amendment 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 3EW
Application type
Prior Notification Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2023
Consultation expiry
28 July 2023
Consultation start
5 July 2023
Consultation end
19 July 2023
Last date for comments
28 July 2023
Target decision date
11 August 2023
Permission expires
10 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hillcoat Architects
Agent address
Bignal House 15A Bignal Drive Leicester Forest East Leicester Leicestershire LE3 3QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 July 2023
Site notice end
28 July 2023

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2014
    9 May

    Change of use of existing shop to residential use

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/14/01231/FPA

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