Skip to content

9 Durham Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 8rt

1/2011/0318/81669Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 August 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of land to domestic curtilage (retrospective)

Received
15 June 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Aug
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 Durham Road Blackhill County Durham Dh8 8rt. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
DH8 8RT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2011
Target decision date
9 August 2011
Committee meeting
27 July 2011
Permission expires
8 August 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near DH8

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address