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Land At The North Of Woodhouses Farm And South Of Etherley Moor Wigdan Walls Road Woodhouses DL14 0ST

Awaiting decision County Durham DM/23/01421/FPA Full Planning Application

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Proposal

Full planning application for the erection of 249 No. residential dwellings (Use Class C3), access, landscaping, and associated engineering and infrastructure buildings and structures. (Amended description)

As published by the council, reference DM/23/01421/FPA

Application record

Reference
DM/23/01421/FPA
Type
Full Planning Application
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
19 May 2023
Validated
22 May 2023
Ward
West Auckland (Historic)
Parish
No Parish
Decision by
Committee
Postcode
DL14 0ST

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 May 2023

    Received by County Durham

  2. 22 May 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 17 July 2023, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    County Durham took a median of 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Hedley Planning Services Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Hexham

Active · incorporated 2012 · Hexham

107 applications on PlanIndex · across 13 councils · 92% granted

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

280 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with County Durham for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year County Durham decided full applications in a median of 79 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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