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2 - 3 Central Buildings Front Street Staindrop Darlington DL2 3JL

DM/25/00852/ADAdvertisement ConsentAwaiting decision
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Proposal

2 no. externally illuminated timber framed hand painted signs to the north and west elevations.

Received
26 March 2025
Decision due
9 June 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Barnard Castle East (Historic)
Agent
Anthony Watson Architects
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 18 July.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (28)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 2 - 3 Central Buildings Front Street Staindrop Darlington DL2 3JL. Durham has handled 487 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Staindrop conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
DL2 3JL
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staindrop

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Consultation start
4 July 2025
Consultation end
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
20 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anthony Watson Architects
Agent address
5 Douro Terrace Sunderland SR2 7DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
29 April 2025
Site notice end
20 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13891457
Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Staindrop
  • Listed building: Grade II: Central BuildingsOn or next to this 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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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