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River House Church Bank Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9AE

DM/23/03070/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 November 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/22/01475/FPA to replace outward opening gate with electric inward opening solid gates

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Barnard Castle West (Historic)
Agent
Ged McCormack Architect
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at River House Church Bank Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9AE. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Barnard Castle conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 9AE
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Startforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Target decision date
10 November 2023
Permission expires
13 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ged McCormack Architect
Agent address
17 Nile Street Sunderland SR1 1EY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12529051
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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