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High Farm Front Street Great Lumley Chester-le-Street Durham DH3 4JE

2/08/00236/FULPlanning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 14 August 2008

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing farm house and outbuildings. Construction of 4 no detached houses with vehicular access

Received
9 June 2008
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at High Farm Front Street Great Lumley Chester-le-Street Durham DH3 4JE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 4JE
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Lumley

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2008
Consultation expiry
4 September 2008
Consultation start
14 August 2008
Consultation end
4 September 2008
Neighbour consultation start
24 June 2008
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2008
Last date for comments
4 September 2008
Target decision date
18 August 2008
Permission expires
14 August 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00468952
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: County DurhamPart 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, 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.

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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  5. 2008
    9 Jun

    Demolition of existing farm house and outbuildings. Construction of 4 no detached houses with vehicular access

    This applicationApprovedFull2/08/00236/FUL

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