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Benfield Hall 155 Durham Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 5th

1/2008/0327/64933Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 26 June 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of ten bedroom extension to existing healthcare facility, associated car parking including repositioning of existing site access as service road and removal of portable building (resubmission)

Received
1 May 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Benfield Hall 155 Durham Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 5th. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. 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 5TH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2008
Target decision date
30 June 2008
Committee meeting
17 June 2008
Decision issued
27 June 2008
Permission expires
26 June 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 May 2008

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Blackhill
  • 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2018
    27 Jul

    White poplar (T0277) - Pollard canopy by 30% to reduce shading and risk of limb failure

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/18/02284/TCA
  2. 2013
    30 Oct

    Felling of one black poplar tree (section 211 notice)

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area1/2013/0576/87585
  3. 2010
    3 Dec

    Felling of two sycamore trees, crown raise one poplar tree (section 211 notice)

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area1/2010/0690/78730
  4. 2009
    28 Oct

    Application to discharge conditions 3 & 5 of planning permission 1/2008/0327/DM

    ConditionsDischarge of conditions1/2009/0652/71353
  5. 2008
    1 May

    Felling of one tree (section 211 notice)

    ApprovedTrees in a Conservation Area1/2008/0349/65063
  6. 2007
    21 Dec

    Erection of two storey extensions to care home

    WithdrawnFull Planning Application1/2007/1075/63606

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