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Middlewood House Middlewood Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7RB

4/08/00502/FPAFull Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
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Withdrawn on 16 September 2008

Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee

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Proposal

Erection of 19 sheltered accommodation apartments with warden accommodation and communal areas in three storey pitched roof building with associated parking and landscaping

Received
19 May 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Middlewood House Middlewood Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7RB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 120 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 7RB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2008
Consultation expiry
17 July 2008
Consultation end
1 July 2008
Neighbour consultation start
16 June 2008
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2008
Last date for comments
17 July 2008
Target decision date
28 August 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
DMSA 2 Allergate Durham DH1 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 June 2008
Advertisement expiry
17 July 2008
Site notice start
26 June 2008
Site notice end
17 July 2008

Additional information

Documents
29

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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