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17 Chapel Avenue Burnopfield Durham Ne16 6nw

1/2009/0487/70250Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 October 2009

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two storey rear extension and reduction in height of stone wall at rear to 1.5 metres (resubmission)

Received
27 August 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 17 Chapel Avenue Burnopfield Durham Ne16 6nw. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6NW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2009
Neighbour consultation start
7 September 2009
Target decision date
21 October 2009
Committee meeting
8 October 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 September 2009

Additional information

Documents
6

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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