15-17 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Consett County Durham Dh8 0sf

1/2002/0291Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 28 June 2002

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from shop to dwelling and external alterations

Received: 11 April 2002
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Benfieldside

ReceivedReceived11 Apr
ValidatedValidated18 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Jun
DecidedDecided28 Jun

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 15-17 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Consett County Durham Dh8 0sf. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. 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 0SF
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 April 2002
Target decision date: 13 June 2002
Committee meeting: 31 May 2002
Decision issued: 5 July 2002
Permission expires: 28 June 2007

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 24 April 2002

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.

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