North Durham Academy (West Campus) Blackett Street Annfield Plain Durham DH9 8PR

DM/14/00762/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 23 June 2014

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Reuse of Greencroft Community School to provide a new school facility for Harelaw Special School. Partial demolition of existing building, erection of roof infill to an existing courtyard area, external alterations and associated landscaping.

Received: 1 April 2014
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Annfield Plain

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated1 Apr
Consult.Consultation22 May
TargetTarget Date1 Jul
DecidedDecided23 Jun

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at North Durham Academy (West Campus) Blackett Street Annfield Plain Durham DH9 8PR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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: DH9 8PR
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 April 2014
Consultation expiry: 22 May 2014
Consultation start: 8 May 2014
Consultation end: 22 May 2014
Neighbour consultation start: 23 June 2014
Neighbour consultation end: 13 May 2014
Last date for comments: 22 May 2014
Target decision date: 1 July 2014
Committee meeting: 17 June 2014
Permission expires: 23 June 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Fao Miss Kirsty Dewell The Beehive Lingfield Point Darlington County Durham DL1 1YN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 May 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03250785
Documents: 45

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.

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