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Former Pimpernel Site Derwent Street Blackhill County Durham Dh8 8lu

1/2008/0865/66803Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 January 2009

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amendment to previously approved planning application 1/2007/0839 to create one block of six terraced houses replacing the two blocks of three terraced houses. (Resubmission)

Received
11 December 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Pimpernel Site Derwent Street Blackhill County Durham Dh8 8lu. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 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 8LU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2008
Target decision date
4 February 2009
Committee meeting
22 January 2009
Decision issued
9 January 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 December 2008

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    5 Feb

    Discharge condition nos. 17, 26 and 27 of 1/2008/0865

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/2013/0050/85911
  2. 2011
    13 May

    Variation of condition no. 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 1/2008/0865/DM

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)1/2011/0230/81130
  3. 2010
    14 Apr

    Application to vary condition 16 of planning permission 1/2008/0865

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)1/2010/0199/74148
  4. 2010
    23 Feb

    Application to discharge conditions 21 & 24 of planning permission 1/2007/0839/DM

    ConditionsDischarge of conditions1/2010/0094/73373
  5. 2009
    4 Aug

    Application to discharge conditions 3, 5, 8, 18, 19, 21 and 24 of planning permission 1/2007/0865/DM-AMENDMENT

    ConditionsDischarge of conditions1/2009/0469/70128
  6. 2009
    16 Mar

    Application to discharge conditions 26 of planning permission 1/2008/0865/DM

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions1/2009/0160/67479

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