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Kirk House & Shotton Pharmacy Front Street Shotton Colliery Dh6 2lt

5/PL/2011/0275Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 September 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from dwelling to pharmacy and rebuilding of two storey rear extension to accommodate related health uses, and alterations and extensions to shop fronts

Received
4 July 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Agent
Self Build & Design Architects
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at Kirk House & Shotton Pharmacy Front Street Shotton Colliery Dh6 2lt. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days 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 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 2LT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotton

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2011
Consultation expiry
5 September 2011
Consultation start
9 August 2011
Neighbour consultation start
9 August 2011
Target decision date
12 September 2011
Permission expires
8 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Self Build & Design Architects
Agent address
Mr Keith Ryder The Studio The Old Road Brancepeth Village Durham Dh7 8dt

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 August 2011
Site notice end
5 September 2011

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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