Planning application
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
The installation of solar panels on the garden outbuilding roof, including the installation of two Tesla Powerwall batteries in the garden store.
As published by the council, reference DM/26/00841/FPA
Application record
- Reference
- DM/26/00841/FPA
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved BNG Not Required
- Received
- 1 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Lower Teesdale
- Parish
- Bolam
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DL2 2UP
Site history
Applications at this address on the County Durham register
This site has had 7 applications since 2021: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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DM/26/00842/LB Granted
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
The installation of solar panels on the garden outbuilding roof, including the installation of two Tesla Powerwall batteries in the garden store.
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DM/25/03080/FPA Granted
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Retention of Replacement Orangery to the Rear of The Old Vicarage plus minor internal alterations
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DM/25/03081/LB Granted
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Retention of Replacement Orangery to the Rear of The Old Vicarage plus minor internal alterations
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DM/25/02171/DRC Withdrawn
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Discharge of Condition 3 (Joinery and Lantern Details) pursuant to Planning Permission DM/20/00534/FPA and Listed Building Consent DM/20/00535/LB
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DM/21/01180/FPA Granted
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Change of use of existing holiday accommodation to reinstate previous garden shed and store use.
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DM/21/00949/LB Granted
The Old Vicarage Brownside Lane Bolam Darlington DL2 2UP
Change of Use of existing holiday accommodation - reinstatement - to garden shed and store.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Apr 2026
Received by County Durham
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2 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 May 2026
Decision issued: Approved BNG Not Required
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: DM/26/00842/LB (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- FAST TRACK
- APPROVAL FPA - BNG NOT REQUIRED
- PRESS NOTICE
- PROSPECT HOUSE BROWNSIDE LANE BOLAM DARLINGTON DL2 2UP
- NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- ACCESS AND DESIGN STATEMENT & HERITAGE STATEMENT
- JDM EARTH LTD QUOTE
- PRELIMINARY TREE AND HEDGEROW ASSESSMENT
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF PLANS
- SITE LAYOUT
- PHOTOGRAPHS OF HOUSE SHOWING CABLE ROUTE
- PHOTOGRAPHS OF GARDEN OUTBUILDING AND GARDEN STORE
- EXAMPLES OF THE TYPE AND STYLE OF SOLAR PANELS
- EXAMPLES OF SOLAR PANEL FIXINGS
- MOCKUP OF SOLAR PANELS
- TREE LOCATION
- POWERWALL 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
- SOLAR PANEL SPECIFICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
- COVERING LETTER
- SITE LOCATION
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
County Durham granted permission on 13 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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