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49 Front Street Langley Park County Durham Dh7 9xb

1/2006/0940/58364Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 December 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor to hearing aid centre, creation of residential flat above

Received
30 October 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Esh and Witton Gilbert
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 49 Front Street Langley Park County Durham Dh7 9xb. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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
30 October 2006
Target decision date
24 December 2006
Committee meeting
4 December 2006
Decision issued
15 December 2006
Permission expires
12 December 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
9 November 2006

Additional information

Documents
3

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.

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