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Shanti House 34 Arthur Street Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7PF

4/12/00588/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 July 2012

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of doctors surgery to form two residential apartments

Received
6 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Deerness
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shanti House 34 Arthur Street Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7PF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. 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 7PF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2012
Consultation expiry
19 July 2012
Consultation end
9 July 2012
Neighbour consultation start
18 June 2012
Neighbour consultation end
9 July 2012
Last date for comments
19 July 2012
Target decision date
1 August 2012
Committee meeting
27 July 2012
Permission expires
27 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
5 Front Street Lanchester Durham DH7 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 June 2012
Site notice end
19 July 2012

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

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