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Heatherdene Farm Low Wham Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JE

DM/25/01056/PNAPrior Notification AgricultureApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 May 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval is RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of an agricultural general purpose storage building

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evenwood
Agent
S & A Fabrications Ltd.
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Heatherdene Farm Low Wham Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JE. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 1,944 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 5JE
Application type
Prior Notification Agriculture
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2025
Consultation expiry
2 June 2025
Consultation start
12 May 2025
Consultation end
2 June 2025
Target decision date
28 May 2025
Permission expires
28 May 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
S & A Fabrications Ltd.
Agent address
Harmire Enterprise Park Barnard Castle DL12 8EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13952141
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Jul

    Erection of an agricultural general purpose storage building pursuant to DM/25/01056/PNA

    PendingPrior ApprovalRelatedDM/25/02090/PA56
  2. 2025
    16 Apr

    Erection of an agricultural general purpose storage building

    This applicationApprovedOutlineDM/25/01056/PNA

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