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2 Arcadia Ouston Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 1RF

2/09/00142/COUPlanning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 August 2009

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop to dog grooming salon (use class sui generis) (retrospective application).

Received
1 June 2009
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Aug
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Arcadia Ouston Chester-le-Street Durham DH2 1RF. 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 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 1RF
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2009
Consultation expiry
27 August 2009
Consultation start
6 August 2009
Consultation end
27 August 2009
Neighbour consultation start
17 June 2009
Neighbour consultation end
8 July 2009
Last date for comments
27 August 2009
Target decision date
6 August 2009
Permission expires
6 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Office 7 First Floor Unit 24 Philadelphia Complex Houghton-le-Spring Tyne and Wear DH4 4UG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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