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Westwick Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UP

DM/25/01384/PN56Prior Approval ScenariosAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to form 2 no. dwelling houses (Class C3) and associated works

Received
22 May 2025
Decision due
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Teesdale
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Westwick Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UP. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 May 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 8UP
Application type
Prior Approval Scenarios
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Westwick

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2025
Consultation expiry
24 July 2025
Consultation start
17 July 2025
Consultation end
24 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2025
Last date for comments
2 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
GFW
Agent address
Dean Street Arch 22 Dean Street Newcastle NE1 1PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 June 2025
Site notice end
2 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14037971
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (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.

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
    22 May

    Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

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  2. 2025
    22 May

    Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    PendingPrior Approval ScenariosFiled alongsideDM/25/01385/PN56

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