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Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ

6/2001/0230/DMFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 August 2001

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use from Nursing Home to 5 Residential Flats

Received
21 June 2001
Ward
Barnard Castle East
  1. Received21 Jun
  2. Validated21 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Site Of The Former St Peters School Main Road Gainford DL2 3BQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 12 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Gainford conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 888 applications in total for the DL2 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
DL2 3BQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gainford

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 June 2001
Consultation expiry
25 July 2001
Consultation start
26 June 2001
Consultation end
10 July 2001
Neighbour consultation start
28 June 2001
Target decision date
16 August 2001
Committee meeting
22 August 2001
Application expires
10 July 2001

Applicant and agent

Agent address
137 Hyde Park Road Leeds LS6 1AJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 July 2001
Site notice start
26 June 2001
Site notice end
25 July 2001

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Gainford
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    16 Sep

    Discharge of condition 6 (M4(2) compliance report) pursuant to planning permission DM/25/03012/VOC

    PendingDischarge of conditionsDM/26/02459/DRC
  2. 2026
    13 Aug

    Residential development comprising a maximum of 6no. dwellings

    ApprovedApplicationDM/26/00492/PIP
  3. 2026
    10 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 9 (external doors and windows) pursuant to planning application DM/24/01494/VOC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/01775/DRC
  4. 2026
    16 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 3 (sustainability statement), 4 (windows and doors) and 7 (hedge planting) pursuant…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/26/00966/DRC
  5. 2025
    11 Dec

    Discharge of Biodiversity Gain Plan condition pursuant to DM/25/03012/VOC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/25/03447/DRC
  6. 2025
    27 Oct

    Variation of condition 12 (phasing) pursuant to DM/24/01421/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/25/03012/VOC

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