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2 Fairview Thornley Durham DH6 3BL

DM/14/01406/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 March 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from open land to showman storage and placement of 1 no. static home on previously approved showman storage area

Received
22 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trimdon and Thornley
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 256 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Fairview Thornley Durham DH6 3BL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 298 days, 35 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,182 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 3BL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thornley

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2014
Consultation expiry
28 July 2014
Consultation start
7 July 2014
Consultation end
28 July 2014
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
28 July 2014
Last date for comments
28 July 2014
Target decision date
28 August 2014
Permission expires
16 March 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao Mr David Loughrey Vega House 8 Grange Road Hartlepool TS26 8JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03407527
Documents
22

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.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    4 Nov

    Construction of 2no. self-build detached dwellings within existing site.

    PendingFull Planning ApplicationDM/25/03097/FPA
  2. 2024
    5 Feb

    Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) pursuant of planning permission DM/21/01220/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/24/00304/VOC
  3. 2021
    7 Apr

    2No new bespoke properties within the existing site

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/21/01220/FPA
  4. 2013
    23 Dec

    Change of use from open land to showman storage and placement of 1 no. static home

    RefusedFull Planning ApplicationCE/13/01713/FPA
  5. 2013
    12 Jul

    Discharge of conditions 3 & 5 attached to planning permission ref no. PL/5/2009/0328

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions5/CD/2013/0017
  6. 2009
    11 Aug

    Change of use of land to fairground storage

    ApprovedPlanning Application5/PL/2009/0328

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