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50 Melbeck Drive Urpeth Grange Ouston Chester-le-Street County Durham DH2 1TY

2/01/00163/FULPlanning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2001

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Two storey extension to gable to provide new garage and kitchen extension at ground floor with additional bedroom above (amended 12/06/01).

Received
16 May 2001
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.23 Jul
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 50 Melbeck Drive Urpeth Grange Ouston Chester-le-Street County Durham DH2 1TY. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 1TY
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2001
Consultation expiry
23 July 2001
Consultation start
2 July 2001
Neighbour consultation start
2 July 2001
Neighbour consultation end
23 July 2001
Target decision date
12 July 2001
Application expires
11 June 2001
Permission expires
29 June 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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.

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