Far Place Sidehead Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LE
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Proposal
Siting of ground mounted solar panels, together with the associated creation of hardstanding (part retrospective)
- Received
- 24 July 2025
- Decision due
- 2 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- ReceivedReceived24 Jul
- ValidatedValidated7 Aug
- Consult.Consultation1 Sep
- TargetTarget Date2 Oct
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Far Place Sidehead Westgate Bishop Auckland DL13 1LE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,943 applications in total for the DL13 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
- DL13 1LE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ELG Planning
- Agent address
- Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 4 September 2025
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14158013
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
- 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202619 Jan
Prior notification of the installation of solar panels under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and…
PendingPrior Approval ScenariosDM/26/00132/PN56 - 20254 Sep
Change of use of land to create access and car park for staff/visitors associated with operation of charity…
PendingFull Planning ApplicationDM/25/02458/FPA
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Consultants on this application
- ELG PLanning · Agent for this application
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