Castle Brae Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QW
Approved on 19 August 2024
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Conversion of field shelter to hobby room/workshop
- Received
- 27 March 2024
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Barnard Castle West
- Agent
- Dark Skies Design Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived27 Mar
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation9 Jul
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Castle Brae Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 13 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 862 applications in total for the DL12 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
- DL12 9QW
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cotherstone
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2024
- Consultation start
- 18 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 9 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dark Skies Design Ltd.
- Architect profile
- DARK SKIES DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- North Corn Park Briscoe Lane Baldersdale Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 9UJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 June 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 July 2024
- Site notice start
- 26 June 2024
- Site notice end
- 17 July 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12926248
- Documents
- 26
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Cotherstone
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, green belt, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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