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Forest-in-Teesdale School Forest-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0HA

DM/24/03467/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 August 2025

Council decision: S106+Approved BNG RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Renovation, restoration and redevelopment of former school and adjoining schoolmaster's house (and associated external works) to form 2no. dwellings with independent access, external amenity and servicing arrangements. Includes Change of Use of the existing school building to residential

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Agent
Far North Studio Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 221 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Forest-in-Teesdale School Forest-in-Teesdale Barnard Castle DL12 0HA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 24 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 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 0HA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Forest And Frith

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation start
27 June 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2025
Last date for comments
14 February 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2025
Permission expires
1 August 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Far North Studio Ltd
Architect profile
FAR NORTH STUDIO LTD
Agent address
Tower House Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 January 2025
Advertisement expiry
14 February 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13606626
Documents
60

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • 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 (20)

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, national parks, 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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  3. 2024
    23 Dec

    Renovation, restoration and redevelopment of former school and adjoining schoolmaster's house (and associated…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/24/03467/FPA

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