Deerness Valley Comprehensive School Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG
Approved on 29 June 2001
Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of single storey extension to provide Learning Support Unit
- Received
- 29 May 2001
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived29 May
- ValidatedValidated29 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided29 Jun
Decided in 31 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an extension at Deerness Valley Comprehensive School Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the DH7 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- DH7 7NG
- Application type
- County Matter Consultation
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 May 2001
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2001
- Committee meeting
- 29 June 2001
- Decision issued
- 3 July 2001
- Application expires
- 3 July 2001
- Permission expires
- 3 July 2006
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Planning Projects Team Economic Development And Planning Durham County Council County Hall Durham DH1 5UF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 35 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201123 Dec
Internal and external alterations including a new build workshop and extenal alterations to the existing…
ApprovedFull Planning Application4/11/01056/FPA - 200524 Jan
Provision of floodlit synthetic sports pitch and associated works
ApprovedCounty Matter Consultation4/05/00079/CM - 200524 Jan
Erection of School and Community Sports Centre (amendments to approved scheme)
ApprovedCounty Matter Consultation4/05/00078/CM - 200327 May
External alterations, pitched roof extensions and new ramp in association with the conversion of the existing…
ApprovedCounty Matter Consultation4/03/00513/CM - 200317 Mar
Erection of school and community sports hall
RefusedCounty Matter Consultation4/03/00257/CM
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