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Chapels Benfieldside Cemetery Durham Road Blackhill County Durham

1/2008/0672/66118Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 December 2008

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Conversion of former mortuary chapels to two dwellings

Received
18 September 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Chapels Benfieldside Cemetery Durham Road Blackhill County Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2008
Target decision date
11 December 2008
Committee meeting
28 November 2008
Decision issued
24 December 2008
Permission expires
22 December 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 October 2008

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2008
    18 Sep

    Listed building consent to convert former mortuary chapels to two dwellings

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside1/2008/0668/66094
  2. 2008
    18 Sep

    Conversion of former mortuary chapels to two dwellings

    This applicationApprovedFull1/2008/0672/66118

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