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50 Front Street Langley Park Durham DH7 9XB

1/2001/0658Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 September 2001

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use of two houses into hearing aid centre

Received
24 August 2001
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Esh and Witton Gilbert
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated24 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 32 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 50 Front Street Langley Park Durham DH7 9XB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 9XB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Esh

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 August 2001
Target decision date
19 October 2001
Committee meeting
20 September 2001
Decision issued
27 September 2001
Permission expires
25 September 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 September 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2001
    24 Aug

    Change of use of two houses into hearing aid centre

    This applicationApprovedFull1/2001/0658
  2. 2001
    24 Aug

    Erection of shop fascia and projecting sign

    RefusedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside1/2001/0659

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