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Knavesmire Farm Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3RA

DM/25/02605/CEUCertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Certificate of Lawful Development for the siting of a Portakabin and polytunnel for agricultural use.

Received
19 September 2025
Decision due
20 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evenwood
  1. Received19 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 October.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (13)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Knavesmire Farm Hamsterley Bishop Auckland DL13 3RA. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 September 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 postcode area.

96% of amendment 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 3RA
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hamsterley

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2025
Consultation expiry
20 October 2025
Consultation start
25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 October 2025
Last date for comments
20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Axis
Agent address
Maling Exchange, Studio 307 Hoults Yard Walker Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 2HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14341890
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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)

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, 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.

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