3 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett County Durham Dh8 5sz

1/2001/0296Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 4 July 2001

Planning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey kitchen extension

Received: 26 April 2001
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Consett North

ReceivedReceived26 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Jun
DecidedDecided4 Jul

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 3 Laburnum Avenue Blackhill Consett County Durham Dh8 5sz. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: DH8 5SZ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 May 2001
Target decision date: 26 June 2001
Committee meeting: 28 June 2001
Permission expires: 4 July 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 4 May 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Blackhill
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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