12 Westcott Drive Auckland Park Bishop Auckland DL14 8SG
Approved on 11 May 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredHPN (No Objection)
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Proposal
Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 5 metres, an eaves height of 3.34 metres and a total height of 3.34 metres.
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Decision level
- HPN (No Objection)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Shildon And Dene Valley
- Agent
- HTC Architects
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated1 Apr
- Consult.Consultation21 Apr
- TargetTarget Date13 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 12 Westcott Drive Auckland Park Bishop Auckland DL14 8SG. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Shildon And Dene Valley. We hold 447 applications in total for the DL14 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
- DL14 8SG
- Application type
- Householder Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Dene Valley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- HTC Architects
- Agent address
- York Place Studio 8 Britannia Street Leeds LS1 2DZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14825343
- Documents
- 13
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.
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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