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Keepers Cottage Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP

DM/25/02871/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 13 January 2026

Fast Track

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Proposal

Proposed single storey side extension and replacement windows

Received
13 October 2025
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Upper Teesdale
Agent
Dark Skies Design Ltd.
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a single storey side extension at Keepers Cottage Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Lartington conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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
DL12 9BP
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lartington

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
19 December 2025
Last date for comments
26 November 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2025
Permission expires
13 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dark Skies Design Ltd.
Architect profile
DARK SKIES DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
North Corn Park Briscoe Lane Baldersdale County Durham DL12 9UJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 November 2025
Site notice start
5 November 2025
Site notice end
26 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14396670
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lartington
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Thatch and Smithy CottageOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Oct

    Proposed single storey side extension

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideDM/25/02870/FPA
  2. 2025
    13 Oct

    Proposed single storey side extension and replacement windows

    This applicationApprovedListed building consentDM/25/02871/LB

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