Vinovium Sewage Treatment Works Binchester Bishop Auckland DL14 8DJ
Approved on 27 April 2026
Council decision: Approved BNG RequiredFast Track5 conditions
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Proposal
Installation of kiosk and associated works
- Received
- 23 February 2026
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Spennymoor
- ReceivedReceived23 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Mar
- TargetTarget Date28 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Vinovium Sewage Treatment Works Binchester Bishop Auckland DL14 8DJ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Spennymoor. We hold 448 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 8DJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 27 April 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lichfields
- Agent address
- The St Nicholas Building St Nicholas Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1RF United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 7 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14192967
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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