St Johns School And Sixth Form College A Catholic Academy Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JT
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track
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Proposal
Prior Notification (Class J) for 99.64kWp Solar PV system on a combination of flat and pitched roofs
- Received
- 16 September 2025
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Bishop Auckland
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at St Johns School And Sixth Form College A Catholic Academy Woodhouse Lane Bishop Auckland DL14 6JT. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Bishop Auckland. We hold 447 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 6JT
- Application type
- Prior Approval Scenarios
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bishop Auckland
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 23 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 23 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Amelio Solar Enterprises
- Agent address
- Unit H5 Castings Way Leafbridge Business Park Lincoln Lincolnshire LN6 9WG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 2 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 23 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14332809
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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)
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