Woodruff Grange Elm Park Farm Elm Park Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 6SE
Approved on 6 February 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Porch to front and provision of UPVC sash windows of same colour and design as the existing timber sash windows.
- Received
- 26 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Derwent And Pont Valley
- Agent
- Lighthouse Architecture
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated27 Nov
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at Woodruff Grange Elm Park Farm Elm Park Road Shotley Bridge Consett DH8 6SE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Derwent And Pont Valley. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
- DH8 6SE
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 6 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lighthouse Architecture
- Architect profile
- LIGHTHOUSE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Collingwood Buildings 38 Collingwood Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1JF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14515882
- Documents
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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