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HM Young Offenders Institution Deerbolt Bowes Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BG

DM/26/00827/CPOCertificate of Lawfulness Proposed OperaAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness under Part 19 of the GPDO for the proposed installation of a substation and transformer unit

Received
31 March 2026
Decision due
27 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lower Teesdale
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at HM Young Offenders Institution Deerbolt Bowes Road Startforth Barnard Castle DL12 9BG. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Lower Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 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
DL12 9BG
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Opera
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Startforth

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
3 April 2026
Consultation start
2 April 2026
Consultation end
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cushman & Wakefield
Agent address
1 Marsden Street Manchester M2 1HW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14823867
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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