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Westwick Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UP

Refused County Durham DM/25/01385/PN56 Prior Approval Scenarios

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

Proposal

Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to form 5 no. dwelling houses (Class C3) and associated works

As published by the council, reference DM/25/01385/PN56

Application record

Reference
DM/25/01385/PN56
Type
Prior Approval Scenarios
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Reqd and Refused
Received
22 May 2025
Validated
22 May 2025
Decided
30 Jul 2025
Ward
Lower Teesdale
Parish
Westwick
Decision by
Full Delegated
Postcode
DL12 8UP

Site history

Applications at this address on the County Durham register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 2 refused.

  • DM/26/00839/FPA Awaiting decision

    Westwick Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UP

    Conversion of existing traditional stone-built barns into 6no. residential units with associated access, parking and amenity space.

    Submitted 1 Apr 2026 Full applications
  • DM/25/01384/PN56 Refused

    Westwick Farm Westwick Road Westwick Barnard Castle DL12 8UP

    Prior Notification under Schedule 2 Part 3 Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to form 2 no. dwelling houses (Class C3) and associated works

    Decided 30 Jul 2025 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 May 2025

    Received by County Durham

  2. 30 Jul 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Reqd and Refused

  3. 29 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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GFW Agent, registered in Darwen

Active · incorporated 2009 · Darwen

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Documents

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

21 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

County Durham refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

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