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North Farm Butsfield Lane West Butsfield Bishop Auckland DL13 4JD

DM/25/02988/PA56Prior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 12 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of an agricultural general purpose building for the housing of fertilizer as well as storage for straw and other farm owned items.

Received
22 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Langley And Esh
Agent
S & A Fabrications Ltd.
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at North Farm Butsfield Lane West Butsfield Bishop Auckland DL13 4JD. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Langley And Esh. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 4JD
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Satley

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
1 December 2025
Consultation start
10 November 2025
Consultation end
1 December 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025
Permission expires
12 December 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
S & A Fabrications Ltd.
Agent address
Harmire Enterprise Park Barnard Castle DL12 8EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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.

Source: Durham

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