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The Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre The Slack Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 3HU

DRC/17/00162Details Reserved by ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 June 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) & 5 (windows and doors) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/03659/FPA

Received
20 April 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Evenwood
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.16 Jun
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at The Gaunless Valley Visitor Centre The Slack Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 3HU. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Cockfield conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Evenwood. We hold 1,945 applications in total for the DL13 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
DL13 3HU
Application type
Details Reserved by Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lynesack And Softley

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2017
Consultation expiry
16 June 2017
Consultation start
26 May 2017
Consultation end
16 June 2017
Last date for comments
16 June 2017
Target decision date
20 July 2017
Permission expires
26 June 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: CockfieldPart of the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: CockfieldPart of the site
  • 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, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    20 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 3 (materials) & 5 (windows and doors) pursuant to planning permission DM/15/03659/FPA

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/17/00162
  2. 2015
    25 Nov

    Conversion of visitor centre to residential dwelling

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/15/03659/FPA

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