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Unit 12 Towngate Business Park Leeholme Road Billingham TS23 3TA

17/1387/COUChange of UseApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 31 July 2017

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Application for the change of use from recycling centre (B2) to hand car wash (Sui generis)

Received
22 May 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Billingham East (Pre May 2023)
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Unit 12 Towngate Business Park Leeholme Road Billingham TS23 3TA. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 323 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Stockton-on-Tees's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 874 applications in total for the TS23 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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 3TA
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2017
Consultation expiry
1 August 2017
Consultation start
4 July 2017
Consultation end
25 July 2017
Neighbour consultation start
1 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
1 August 2017
Last date for comments
1 August 2017
Target decision date
26 July 2017
Permission expires
31 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
139 Acklam Road Middlesbrough TS5 5HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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