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Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Cowpen Bewley Billingham TS23 4HS

07/2444/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 May 2008

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Plant, equipment compound and associated works for the generation of electricity from landfill gas

Received
16 August 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Billingham East
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 68 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Cowpen Bewley Billingham TS23 4HS. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 1,387 applications of this type. This one was decided in 278 days, 33 weeks longer than Stockton-on-Tees's typical decision time. The site is in the Cowpen Bewley conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Billingham East. We hold 874 applications in total for the TS23 postcode area.

98% of full applications at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
TS23 4HS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2008
Consultation expiry
16 April 2008
Consultation start
26 March 2008
Consultation end
16 April 2008
Neighbour consultation start
30 August 2007
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2007
Last date for comments
16 April 2008
Target decision date
8 May 2008
Permission expires
20 May 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 September 2007
Advertisement expiry
27 September 2007
Site notice start
13 September 2007
Site notice end
4 October 2007

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cowpen Bewley
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Stockton-on-Tees

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