2 Murray Court Benfieldside Consett County Durham Dh8 0ly
Approved on 24 September 2002
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of existing garage to study, two storey side extension and rear extension incorporating balcony
- Received
- 27 May 2002
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided24 Sep
Decided in 120 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 2 Murray Court Benfieldside Consett County Durham Dh8 0ly. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. 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 0LY
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2002
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2002
- Committee meeting
- 18 July 2002
- Decision issued
- 25 September 2002
- Permission expires
- 23 September 2007
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr J Bennett 30 Brook View Lanchester Co Durham
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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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