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Southhill Hall Wheatley Well Lane Plawsworth Chester-le-Street Durham DH3 4EQ

2/11/00020/LBCListed BuildingApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 21 April 2011

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of replacement fire and security devices and erection of CCTV cameras to all elevations (Retrospective application)

Received
1 February 2011
Agent
Donald Insall Associates Ltd
  1. Received1 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Southhill Hall Wheatley Well Lane Plawsworth Chester-le-Street Durham DH3 4EQ. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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 4EQ
Application type
Listed Building
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2011
Consultation expiry
12 May 2011
Consultation start
21 April 2011
Consultation end
12 May 2011
Neighbour consultation start
2 March 2011
Neighbour consultation end
23 March 2011
Last date for comments
12 May 2011
Target decision date
27 April 2011
Permission expires
21 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Donald Insall Associates Ltd
Agent address
Bridgegate House 5 Bridge Place Chester Cheshire CH1 1SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01353720
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Southill HallOn this site
  • Green belt: County Durham
  • Ancient woodland: Black Dene WoodPart 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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, 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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