Ushaw College Esh County Durham Dh7 9rh

1/2001/0433Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 26 July 2001

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for internal alterations for inclusion of ensuite bathroom to existing bedroom and new ground floor reception and toilets

Received: 14 June 2001
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Esh and Witton Gilbert
Agent: RPS Consultants

ReceivedReceived14 Jun
ValidatedValidated14 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Aug
DecidedDecided26 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Ushaw College Esh County Durham Dh7 9rh. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the DH7 postcode area.

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

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode: DH7 9RH
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Esh

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 June 2001
Target decision date: 9 August 2001
Committee meeting: 19 July 2001
Decision issued: 2 August 2001
Permission expires: 26 July 2006

Applicant and agent

Agent: RPS Consultants
Agent address: Alastair Bell Block 4 Mountjoy Research Centre Stockton Road Durham Dh1 3up

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 18 June 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Listed building: Grade II: Main Buildings at St Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, Quadrangle, Museum, Infirmary, Class Room…On or next to this site
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, conservation areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Durham

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near DH7

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Contractors near this project

Find contractors for renovations & refurbishments near this site

View all contractors

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your street Buying this property? Report on this address