Orchard Farm Cowpen Bewley Billingham TS23 4HS
Approved on 5 November 2025
Council decision: Approved with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of detached annexe to 1no residential dwelling house. Erection of 1.8m and 1.2m boundary fencing.
- Received
- 8 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Ward
- Billingham South
- ReceivedReceived8 Jul
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation1 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 119 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Orchard Farm Cowpen Bewley Billingham TS23 4HS. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 323 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 10 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 have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Billingham South. 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 4HS
- Application type
- Change of Use
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Billingham Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 1 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 22 Portrack Grange Road Portrack Industrial Estate Stockton-on-Tees TS18 2PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 July 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 August 2025
- Site notice start
- 13 August 2025
- Site notice end
- 3 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20245 Aug
Section 73 to remove condition no3 (use of annex) of planning approval (20/0772/FUL
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)24/1382/VARY - 202021 Apr
Single storey extension to existing detached annexe. Demolition of existing stable building,
ApprovedFull Application20/0772/FUL - 201821 Dec
Section 73 application to remove condition 4 (Ancillary Use) of planning approval 04/0199/FUL-Single
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/2916/VARY - 201717 Nov
Application to raise roof height of existing garage to the rear side to provide first floor hay store with…
ApprovedFull Application17/2828/FUL - 20178 May
Revised application for erection of a new barn (demolition of existing barn)
RefusedRevised Application17/1229/REV - 201613 Sep
Application for first floor extension over existing garage.
RefusedFull Application16/2369/FUL - 200421 Jan
Single storey extensions to side and rear and erection of detached garage
ApprovedFull Application04/0199/FUL
Source: Stockton-on-Tees
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