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Henry Street Blackhill

1/2013/0325/86746Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 31 July 2013

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use to create gated open storage area with erection of gates and fencing (retrospective)

Received
18 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Henry Street Blackhill. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5EA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2013
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2013
Target decision date
13 August 2013
Committee meeting
13 May 2004
Decision issued
1 August 2013
Permission expires
30 July 2016

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 June 2013

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: BlackhillPart of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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