Westacre Urpeth Hall High Urpeth Stanley DH9 0SE
Approved on 3 March 2017
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of proposed house and garage block, with demolition of existing building
- Received
- 15 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Pelton
- Agent
- Blake Hopkinson Architecture LLP
- ReceivedReceived15 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Westacre Urpeth Hall High Urpeth Stanley DH9 0SE. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 7 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Pelton. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 postcode area.
100% of conditions 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
- DH9 0SE
- Application type
- Details Reserved by Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Urpeth
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2016
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2017
- Decision issued
- 7 March 2017
- Permission expires
- 7 March 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Blake Hopkinson Architecture LLP
- Architect profile
- BLAKE HOPKINSON ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- 11 New Quay North Shields NE29 6LQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05627259
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: County Durham
- 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, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202125 Feb
Erection of new entrance gates and fence for Westacres and the new house at the Walled Garden (DM/17/01684/FPA
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/21/00629/FPA - 201818 Jun
Discharge of conditions 5 (site investigation report) and 6 (bin storage area) pursuant to DM/17/01684/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/18/00235 - 201719 May
Erection of new house and garage block, with demolition of existing building
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/17/01684/FPA
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