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Garth Cottage 117 Manor Road Medomsley Consett County Durham Dh8 6ql

1/2002/0785Conservation Area ConsentApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 27 November 2002

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Conservation area consent to demolish dwelling

Received
4 October 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Leadgate and Medomsley
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Garth Cottage 117 Manor Road Medomsley Consett County Durham Dh8 6ql. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the Medomsley conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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).

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Application details

Postcode
DH8 6QL
Application type
Conservation Area Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2002
Target decision date
28 November 2002
Committee meeting
21 November 2002
Decision issued
2 December 2002
Permission expires
27 November 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Paul Harris Architect 29 Angate Street Wolsingham Co Durham Dl13 3ah

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
17 October 2002

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: Medomsley
  • 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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© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2002
    30 Jul

    Demolition of existing cottage, erection of new dwelling

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2002/0627

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