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Halfacres Front Street Burnopfield Durham Ne16 6lz

1/2007/0376/60666Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 June 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to coffee shop

Received
27 April 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burnopfield and Dipton
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Halfacres Front Street Burnopfield Durham Ne16 6lz. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 4 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,516 applications in total for the NE16 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
NE16 6LZ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2007
Neighbour consultation start
17 May 2007
Target decision date
3 July 2007
Committee meeting
20 June 2007
Permission expires
25 June 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr S Nielsen
Agent address
Mr S Nielsen 9 Wordsworth Avenue Whickham Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne16 4bs

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
31 May 2007

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Burnopfield
  • 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2009
    11 May

    Change of use from shop to flat (retrospective)

    ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2009/0250/67948

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