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Land On The South Side Of Entrance Of Farm Access Road Low Wales Farm Butterknowle DL13 5JJ

Refused County Durham DM/26/01299/PA56 Prior Approval

Relates to DM/26/01029/PNA

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

Proposal

Prior approval for the erection of an agricultural steel framed storage building pursuant to DM/26/01029/PNA

As published by the council, reference DM/26/01299/PA56

Application record

Reference
DM/26/01299/PA56
Type
Prior Approval
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Decided
14 Jul 2026
Ward
Evenwood
Parish
Lynesack And Softley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
DL13 5JJ

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 May 2026

    Received by County Durham

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Refused

  4. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • DM/26/01029/PNA Decided

    Low Wales Farm Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JJ

    Prior Notification under Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the erection of an agricultural steel framed storage building.

    Decided 19 May 2026 Prior approval

Documents

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

6 documents on file for this application

  • PA56 REFUSAL Decision · 16 Jul 2026
  • CONFIRMATION OF SITE NOTICE Photo · 01 Jun 2026
  • PROPOSED SITE PLAN Drawing · 01 Jun 2026
  • CONFIRMATION OF SITE NOTICE Photo · 01 Jun 2026
  • APPLICANT EMAIL Correspondence · 21 May 2026
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 21 May 2026

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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.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Low Wales Farm Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JJ

    DM/26/01029/PNA Submitted 22 Apr 2026 50 yards away

    Prior Notification under Class A, Part 6, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the erection of an agricultural steel framed storage building.

    Decided Prior approval 8 docs
  • Hawthorn House Butterknowle Bishop Auckland DL13 5JL

    DM/23/00726/PNC Submitted 14 Mar 2023 250 yards away

    Prior notification for the change of use of an agricultural building to a dwelling

    Granted Prior approval 35 docs
    Domestic

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