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18 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP

DM/24/01900/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 August 2024

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track

Proposal

Change of use to holiday let accommodation and associated works

Received
12 July 2024
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Bishop Auckland Town
Agent
Napper Architects
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18 Market Place Bishop Auckland DL14 7NP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishop Auckland conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 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
DL14 7NP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bishop Auckland

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2024
Consultation expiry
15 August 2024
Consultation start
18 July 2024
Consultation end
8 August 2024
Neighbour consultation start
18 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
8 August 2024
Last date for comments
15 August 2024
Target decision date
11 September 2024
Decision issued
20 August 2024
Permission expires
20 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Napper Architects
Architect profile
NAPPER ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
3 Waterloo Square Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4DR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
15 August 2024
Site notice start
19 July 2024
Site notice end
9 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13235435
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

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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