Melrose Arms Office Row Front Street Shotton Colliery Dh6 2na (Postal Address - Al-Hayat Foundation, 1A Front Street, Shotton DH6 2NB)
Withdrawn on 5 January 2011
Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use from public house to prayer hall
- Received
- 16 November 2009
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- ReceivedReceived16 Nov
- ValidatedValidated16 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 415 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Melrose Arms Office Row Front Street Shotton Colliery Dh6 2na (Postal Address - Al-Hayat Foundation, 1A Front Street, Shotton DH6 2NB). Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 415 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,180 applications in total for the DH6 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
- DH6 2NA
- Application type
- Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shotton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 November 2009
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2009
- Consultation start
- 20 November 2009
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 November 2009
- Target decision date
- 11 January 2010
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 December 2009
- Site notice end
- 24 December 2009
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201511 Nov
Education and community centre
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/15/03507/FPA - 201218 Sep
Erection of pitched roof to existing flat roof to rear, installation of roller shutters over windows and…
ApprovedFull Planning Application5/PL/2012/0361 - 201114 Feb
Change of use from public house to educational centre (class D1:non-residential institutions)
ApprovedPlanning Application5/PL/2011/0060 - 200821 Feb
Smoking shelter (retrospective)
ApprovedFull Planning Application5/PLAN/2008/0112
Source: Durham
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