Former Co Op Buildings Front Street Burnopfield Durham NE16 6LX
Approved on 20 November 2014
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Application to vary condition 2 of approval 1/2002/0228 (Conversion of part of building into thirteen flats and erection of twelve new flats and car-parking) to allow introduction of dormer windows, minor floor layout changes, bin storage and balconies to the rear elevation.
- Received
- 29 April 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Burnopfield and Dipton
- Agent
- Mario Minchella Ltd
- ReceivedReceived29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 May
- Consult.Consultation4 Jun
- TargetTarget Date1 Aug
- DecidedDecided20 Nov
Decided in 202 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a dormer extension at Former Co Op Buildings Front Street Burnopfield Durham NE16 6LX. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 21 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 postcode area.
89% of outline 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
- NE16 6LX
- Application type
- Reserved Matters
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 May 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 4 June 2014
- Consultation start
- 14 May 2014
- Consultation end
- 4 June 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 November 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 June 2014
- Last date for comments
- 4 June 2014
- Target decision date
- 1 August 2014
- Permission expires
- 20 November 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mario Minchella Ltd
- Agent address
- Swallow House 19 Parsons Road Parsons Ind. Estate Washington Tyne And Wear NE37 1EZ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 May 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03347205
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Burnopfield
- 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 (21)
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