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Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Seal Sands Link Road Billingham

11/1425/EISCounty Matters ApplicationApproved

Approved on 4 October 2011

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Application for development and operation of an open windrow composting facility within the curtailment of Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site

Received
9 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Billingham East
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.12 Oct
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Seal Sands Link Road Billingham. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 51 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than Stockton-on-Tees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 5 applications across Billingham East.

98% of all 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

Application type
County Matters Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 July 2011
Consultation expiry
12 October 2011
Consultation start
21 September 2011
Consultation end
12 October 2011
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2011
Neighbour consultation end
4 August 2011
Last date for comments
12 October 2011
Target decision date
4 October 2011
Permission expires
4 October 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 The Coach House Fairholme Gardens Snaith Goole North Yorkshire DN14 9FG

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 July 2011
Advertisement expiry
10 August 2011
Site notice start
20 July 2011
Site notice end
10 August 2011

Additional information

Documents
54
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© 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.

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