Tesco Extra Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AB
Approved on 1 October 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required
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Proposal
Prior notification of the installation of Photovoltaic Panels under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015.
- Received
- 10 August 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 4 October 2026
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived10 Aug
- ValidatedValidated10 Aug
- Consult.Consultation7 Sep
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided1 Oct
Decided in 52 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Tesco Extra Bishop Auckland Trade Park St Helen Auckland Bishop Auckland DL14 9AB. Durham has handled 18,362 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 447 applications in total for the DL14 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- DL14 9AB
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 September 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Durham
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