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Visitors Centre Billingham Beck Valley Country Park By Pass Road Billingham TS23 1PB

26/0154/COUChange of UseAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of visitor centre/nursery to cafe/restaurant (E)

Received
26 January 2026
Decision due
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
22
Ward
Billingham West & Wolviston
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 17 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (35)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Visitors Centre Billingham Beck Valley Country Park By Pass Road Billingham TS23 1PB. Stockton-on-Tees has handled 323 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Billingham West & Wolviston. 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 1PB
Application type
Change of Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Billingham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 February 2026
Consultation start
27 January 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 January 2026
Site notice end
17 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14637535
Documents
35
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Local nature reserve: Billingham Beck ValleyPart of the site

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, 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, 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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