Newton Cap Viaduct Road Bridge (A689) Bishop Auckland DL14 7QB
Approved on 31 August 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/23/00301/FPA. It is proposed that the approved curved top to the steel fencing post will be altered to a cranked shape, formed by a series of straight sections, following the profile of the curve originally proposed. The overall height of the safety fence will remain the same.
- Received
- 4 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland Town
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation28 Aug
- TargetTarget Date4 Sep
- DecidedDecided31 Aug
Decided in 24 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Newton Cap Viaduct Road Bridge (A689) Bishop Auckland DL14 7QB. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Auckland conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 447 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 7QB
- Application type
- Non Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 14 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 4 September 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jacobs
- Agent address
- 1 City Walk Holbeck Leeds LS11 9DX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12304037
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Bishop AucklandPart of the site
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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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.
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