51.   Middlesbrough council spokesman Doug Allan said the planning application would be considered as soon as possible.

52.   Mr Parrish said it was most unusual to have a planning inquiry with several options but the NGC said it was quite normal to make such planning applications.

53.   Darlington Borough Council is to consider the planning application submitted by the National Farmers Union.

54.   A planning application to build three terraced houses at East Farmhouse, High Beaumont Hill, Darlington, has been sent to Darlington Borough Council.

55.   No formal planning application had yet been made.

56.   Six bungalows look set to be built on land off at Dean Gardens, Shildon, after Sedgefield District Council development committee approved the planning application yesterday.

57.   Amongst the items on the agenda was a planning application for Chapel Row.

58.   And yet Darlington council continues to receive planning applications from companies eager to break into the market.

59.   Members of the planning applications sub-committee backed proposals to build a showroom, workshop, and filling station south of the proposed cross town route.

60.   But Mr Bacon said the issue was much wider and standards of management of all planning applications needed to be improved.