The Paddock Wellsprings Farm Hartside Durham DH1 5RJ
Approved on 7 August 2025
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
The proposal includes cladding the exterior of the existing modern extension with wooden panels which will increase the footprint, replacing and raising the roof, adding additional rooflights, implementing a new fenestration design, constructing a new patio, and carrying out internal alterations to both the existing extension and the main dwelling.
- Received
- 27 May 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Sacriston And Witton Gilbert
- Agent
- Usher Barr Architects
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date28 Jul
- DecidedDecided7 Aug
Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at The Paddock Wellsprings Farm Hartside Durham DH1 5RJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Sacriston And Witton Gilbert. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 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
- DH1 5RJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Witton Gilbert
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 4 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 August 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Usher Barr Architects
- Architect profile
- USHER BARR ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 39 Bideford Gardens Whitley Bay NE26 1QW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 12 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13848577
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County Durham
- 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, 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.
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