Weardale Steel (wolsingham) Ltd Durham Road Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3HX

DM/24/02251/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 September 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment (Section 96A) Application to Amend Wording of Condition 3 (Approved Plans), 7 (Written Scheme of Investigation), 8 (Post Investigation Assessment), 19 (EA Mitigation) and 22 (Office Conversion) in relation to DM/20/01421/OUT Outline planning permission for up to 151 new homes of mixed type and tenure, conversion of former office buildings for up to 750sqm on Former Wolsingham Steelworks, Durham Road, Wolsingham, DL13 3HX

Received: 15 August 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale
Agent: Hedley Planning Services

ReceivedReceived15 Aug
ValidatedValidated21 Aug
Consult.Consultation17 Sep
TargetTarget Date18 Sep
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 28 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Weardale Steel (wolsingham) Ltd Durham Road Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3HX. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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: DL13 3HX
Application type: Non Material Amendment
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 151
Parish: Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 August 2024
Consultation expiry: 17 September 2024
Consultation start: 3 September 2024
Consultation end: 17 September 2024
Target decision date: 18 September 2024
Permission expires: 18 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hedley Planning Services
Agent address: Floor 1 Maybrook House Grainger Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 5JE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13332999
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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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