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1a Durham Road Annfield Plain County Durham Dh9 7ug

1/2014/0046/88285Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 10 April 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from car valet (B1) to sports therapy clinic (D1)

Received
7 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Annfield Plain
Agent
James Christopher Consulting
  1. Received7 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1a Durham Road Annfield Plain County Durham Dh9 7ug. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Annfield Plain conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
DH9 7UG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2014
Target decision date
10 April 2014
Committee meeting
28 March 2014
Permission expires
9 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
James Christopher Consulting
Agent address
Mr S Henderson 4 Mcmillan Close Saltwell Business Park Gateshead Tyne & Wear Ne9 5bf

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 February 2014

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Annfield Plain
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Annfield Plain
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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