Site Of Former Weardale Steel Durham Road Wolsingham DL13 3HX

DM/23/02351/RMReserved MattersApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Reserved Matters Application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale and submission of details relating to conditions 5 (Land Contamination Scheme), 11 (landscaping), 12 (landscaping), 14 (foul drainage), 15 (surface drainage), 16 (noise and vibration), 17 (M4(2) and older persons), 21 (pedestrian access) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/20/01421/OUT for 125no. dwellings.

Received: 4 August 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale (Historic)
Agent: Hedley Planning Services

ReceivedReceived4 Aug
ValidatedValidated15 Aug
Consult.Consultation8 Apr
TargetTarget Date14 Nov
DecidedDecided20 Jun

Decided in 310 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Of Former Weardale Steel Durham Road Wolsingham DL13 3HX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 321 days, 38 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 3HX
Application type: Reserved Matters
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 125
Parish: Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 August 2023
Consultation expiry: 8 April 2024
Consultation start: 25 March 2024
Consultation end: 8 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 21 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 11 September 2023
Last date for comments: 22 September 2023
Target decision date: 14 November 2023
Permission expires: 20 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hedley Planning Services
Agent address: Unit 3 Hexham Enterprise Hub Burnlane Hexham NE46 3HY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 31 August 2023
Site notice end: 21 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12294598
Documents: 157

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Brownfield land register: Durham Road, DL13 3HZRegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2026
9 Jan
Proposed discharge of Condition 2 pursuant approval DM/23/02351/RM
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00063/DRC

Source: Durham

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