Xcel Centre Long Tens Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6AP
Approved on 2 April 2025
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for internal changes to layout of the mixed use conference centre/coffee shop/nursery, to include relocation of Coffee Shop to replace a seminar room and extension of Day Nursery into coffee shop area, including internal and external alterations
- Received
- 29 January 2025
- Decision level
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Aycliffe East
- Agent
- P A Designs Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived29 Jan
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date26 Mar
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at Xcel Centre Long Tens Way Aycliffe Business Park Newton Aycliffe DL5 6AP. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 132 applications in total for the DL5 postcode area.
89% of outline 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
- DL5 6AP
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Aycliffe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2025
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 March 2025
- Decision issued
- 3 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 3 April 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- P A Designs Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- P A DESIGNS ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 95 Fulthorpe Avenue Darlington Co. Durham DL3 9XJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13728580
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
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, 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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Source: Durham
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