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Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Seal Sands Link Road Billingham TS23 4HS

21/0489/EIAVEnvironment Impact Assessment VariationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 June 2021

Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Section 73 application to vary condition no.3 (Temporary Permission) of planning approval 11/1425/EIS to extend the life of the composting facility to 31 December 2034.

Received
22 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Billingham East (Pre May 2023)
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Cowpen Bewley Landfill Site Seal Sands Link Road Billingham TS23 4HS. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 234 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than Stockton-on-Tees's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 874 applications in total for the TS23 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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
Environment Impact Assessment Variation
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2021
Consultation expiry
14 April 2021
Consultation start
2 March 2021
Consultation end
1 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
2 April 2021
Last date for comments
14 April 2021
Target decision date
14 June 2021
Permission expires
16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2nd Floor Quay 2 139 Fountainbridge Edinburgh EH3 9QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
10 April 2021
Site notice start
15 March 2021
Site notice end
14 April 2021

Additional information

Documents
24
Constraints
1

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    22 Feb

    Section 73 application to vary condition no.3 (Temporary Permission) of planning approval 11/1425/EIS

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/0489/EIAV
  2. 2011
    9 Jun

    Application for development and operation of an open windrow composting facility within the curtailment of…

    ApprovedCounty Matters ApplicationPart of11/1425/EIS

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    19 Nov

    Erection of Portacabins

    ApprovedFull Application19/2524/FUL

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