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Our Lady And St Thomas RC Primary School Cumberland Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0PB

DM/24/03326/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 July 2025

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New single storey extension to the existing school (reception and nursery), new deck and canopy and alterations to existing outdoor play area, access and parking (amended plans)

Received
9 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Willington And Hunwick
Agent
wkish architects
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 198 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Our Lady And St Thomas RC Primary School Cumberland Terrace Willington Crook DL15 0PB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 22 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 32 applications across Willington And Hunwick. We hold 700 applications in total for the DL15 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
DL15 0PB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Greater Willington

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2024
Consultation expiry
30 April 2025
Consultation start
16 April 2025
Consultation end
30 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 March 2025
Last date for comments
14 March 2025
Target decision date
12 February 2025
Permission expires
4 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
wkish architects
Agent address
7 Axwell Park School Houses Blaydon Gateshead Tyne And Wear NE21 6RN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 January 2025
Site notice end
3 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13622118
Documents
78

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Jul

    Discharge of condition 4 (canopy details) pursuant to DM/24/03326/FPA

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/25/01952/DRC
  2. 2024
    9 Dec

    New single storey extension to the existing school (reception and nursery), new deck and canopy and…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/24/03326/FPA

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