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27 Murray Court Benfieldside County Durham Dh8 0ly

1/2010/0481/75932Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 22 October 2010

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to domestic garden and erection of two storey side extension

Received
20 August 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received20 Aug
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey side extension at 27 Murray Court Benfieldside County Durham Dh8 0ly. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. 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 0LY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2010
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2011
Target decision date
14 October 2010
Committee meeting
1 October 2010
Decision issued
26 October 2010
Permission expires
21 October 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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

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