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Land North of Fenton Well Lane Great Lumley Chester Le Street

2/03/00558/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 November 2003

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for 1 no. single storey dwelling & garage at former Lumley boys school / Heinz cottage.

Received
22 September 2003
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Land North of Fenton Well Lane Great Lumley Chester Le Street. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

89% of outline 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

Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2003
Consultation expiry
4 March 2004
Consultation start
13 February 2004
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2004
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2004
Last date for comments
17 October 2003
Target decision date
17 November 2003
Committee meeting
10 November 2003
Decision issued
12 November 2003
Permission expires
12 November 2006

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: County Durham
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    13 Jun

    Erection of a single story dwelling and associated access and landscaping works

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/01721/FPA
  2. 2023
    9 Feb

    Erection of a single-story dwelling including associated access and landscaping works (resubmission)

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/23/00378/FPA
  3. 2022
    23 Sep

    Erection of a single-story dwelling including associated access and landscaping works.

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/22/02804/FPA
  4. 2022
    25 Jan

    Erection of single storey dwelling

    RefusedFull Planning ApplicationDM/22/00199/FPA
  5. 2017
    22 Sep

    Erection of a dwelling

    RefusedFull Planning ApplicationDM/17/03144/FPA
  6. 2006
    10 May

    Outline application for residential development comprising 1 no timber residential chalet on site of former…

    WithdrawnOutline Application2/06/00208/OUT

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