Cockfield Hall Cockfield Hall Road Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5AD
Proposal
Retrospective application for the erection of a permanent polytunnel for temporary livestock use and material change of the use of the land from agriculture to siting of 1no. shepherds hut for holiday accommodation, with associated parking and hardstanding
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Decided
- 1 December 2025 · Refused
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated8 Oct
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date3 Dec
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Cockfield Hall Cockfield Hall Road Cockfield Bishop Auckland DL13 5AD. Durham has handled 10,932 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's median. The site is in the Cockfield conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 1,917 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.
Application Details
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Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: Durham
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Cockfield
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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- Axis · Agent for this application
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