Norway House 7 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AA
Approved on 7 September 2023
Householder (No Objection)
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Proposal
Demolition of outbuildings to side and rear. Extension to side.
- Received
- 13 July 2023
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- Clive Elsdon Building Design
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated13 Jul
- Consult.Consultation9 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Norway House 7 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3AA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 9 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 1,945 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 3AA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wolsingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 17 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 19 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 9 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 17 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 7 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 7 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Clive Elsdon Building Design
- Agent address
- 19 Holywood Wolsingham Bishop Auckland County Durham DL13 3HE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 25 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 15 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12309886
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
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.
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Source: Durham
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