27 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF

DM/26/00587/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredHouseholder (No Objection)3 conditions

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Proposal

Renovate terrace and garden to rear inc. alteration of terrace with level changes and relaying of paving slabs, installation of roof to former oil tank stand to create log store, construction of a low stone retaining wall, wildlife pond and replacement greenhouse

Received: 9 March 2026
Decision level: Householder (No Objection)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Weardale

ReceivedReceived9 Mar
ValidatedValidated10 Mar
Consult.Consultation2 Apr
TargetTarget Date5 May
DecidedDecided1 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 27 - 29 Front Street Wolsingham Bishop Auckland DL13 3DF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wolsingham conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Weardale. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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: DL13 3DF
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wolsingham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 March 2026
Consultation expiry: 9 April 2026
Consultation start: 12 March 2026
Consultation end: 2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 12 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 2 April 2026
Last date for comments: 9 April 2026
Target decision date: 5 May 2026
Decision issued: 5 May 2026
Permission expires: 5 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 March 2026
Advertisement expiry: 9 April 2026
Site notice start: 17 March 2026
Site notice end: 7 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14743740
Documents: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Wolsingham
Listed building: Grade II*: 27-29 and 31, Front StreetOn this site · +3 more
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 (20)

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, 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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Associated applications

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9 Mar
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2026
9 Mar
Listed Buildings Consent for renovation of terrace and garden to rear inc. alteration of terrace with level…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideDM/26/00588/LB

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7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Durham

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