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5 West Road Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XA

DM/14/02427/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 December 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing dilapidated Garage to rear of property and construction of a new two storey rear extension (including solar panels to roof). Change of use of first and second floors from C3 (residential) to C2 (residential institution) to provide living accommodation for people with learning difficulties, and for a warden. Change of use of ground floor from A1 (retail) to mixed use A1 and A3 for use as a shop and bistro cafe.

Received
14 August 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Annfield Plain (Historic)
Agent
Briarmead Architecture
  1. Received14 Aug
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 5 West Road Annfield Plain Stanley DH9 7XA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Annfield Plain conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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 7XA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2014
Consultation expiry
20 November 2014
Consultation start
6 November 2014
Consultation end
20 November 2014
Neighbour consultation start
1 December 2014
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2014
Last date for comments
20 November 2014
Target decision date
30 October 2014
Permission expires
1 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Briarmead Architecture
Architect profile
BRIARMEAD ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
12 Villa Real Estate Consett County Durham DH8 6BJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Graham Blakey
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 September 2014
Advertisement expiry
9 October 2014
Site notice start
5 September 2014
Site notice end
26 September 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03597864
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Annfield Plain
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Annfield Plain
  • 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, 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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