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Little Owl Lodge Lynesack Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5QG

Refused County Durham DM/24/01460/VOC Variation of Condition

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Application to remove condition 3 (occupancy restriction) of application 6/2009/0144/DM (Resubmission)

As published by the council, reference DM/24/01460/VOC

Application record

Reference
DM/24/01460/VOC
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
3 Jun 2024
Validated
21 Jun 2024
Decided
4 Oct 2024
Ward
Evenwood (Historic)
Parish
Lynesack And Softley
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DL13 5QG

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Jun 2024

    Received by County Durham

  2. 21 Jun 2024

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Oct 2024

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 23 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About amendments applications

How this application type works

An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.

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