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Hedley West Farmhouse Hedley Lane Kibblesworth NE16 5EQ

DC/23/00805/CPECertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 November 2023

Council decision: Use considered to be lawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR EXISTING USE/DEVELOPMENT: Continued occupation of the property as a dwellinghouse without compliance with condition 6 of 1062/89 as held to still be in force by decision DC/15/01030/CPE

Received
7 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lamesley
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Hedley West Farmhouse Hedley Lane Kibblesworth NE16 5EQ. Gateshead has handled 292 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Lamesley. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.

94% of amendment applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NE16 5EQ
Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lamesley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Target decision date
15 November 2023
Permission expires
9 November 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
YoungsRPS
Agent address
50 Front Street Sedgefield Stockton On Tees TS21 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    7 Sep

    CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR EXISTING USE/DEVELOPMENT: Continued occupation of the property as a…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsDC/23/00805/CPE
  2. 2015
    16 Oct

    CERTIFICATE OF EXISTING LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT: Use of Hedley West House Farm as an agricultural dwelling house…

    Split decisionCertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevPart ofDC/15/01030/CPE

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