7 Kirk Rise Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SF
Approved on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)2 conditions
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Proposal
Install 9 Solar PV panels on rear of property west facing roof
- Received
- 30 September 2025
- Decision level
- Householder (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Weardale
- Agent
- The Green Partnership Ltd
- ReceivedReceived30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 7 Kirk Rise Frosterley Bishop Auckland DL13 2SF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Frosterley conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 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 2SF
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stanhope
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Green Partnership Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 6B Grenley Street Knottingley WF11 8AX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 15 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 14 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14371466
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Frosterley
- 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, 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.
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