HM Young Offenders Institution Deerbolt Bowes Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BG
Approved on 18 March 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredFast Track2 conditions
Proposal
Installation of new security netting (7m AGL)
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation25 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided18 Mar
Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at HM Young Offenders Institution Deerbolt Bowes Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BG. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 862 applications in total for the DL12 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
- DL12 9BG
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Startforth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 18 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Agent address
- 1 Marsden Street Manchester M1 2HW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 11 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14531182
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202631 Mar
Certificate of Lawfulness under Part 19 of the GPDO for the proposed installation of a substation and…
PendingCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed OperaDM/26/00827/CPO - 202518 Nov
Habitats Regulations Assessment pursuant to installation of additional prison accommodation units
PendingApplicationDM/25/03209/HRA
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