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10 Hawthorn Cottages Blackhill Consett DH8 8NH

DM/14/03235/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2014

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New dwelling

Received
24 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett North
Agent
Simon Smith Design
  1. Received24 Oct
  2. Validated3 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 10 Hawthorn Cottages Blackhill Consett DH8 8NH. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
DH8 8NH
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 November 2014
Consultation expiry
3 December 2014
Consultation start
4 November 2014
Consultation end
25 November 2014
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
25 November 2014
Last date for comments
3 December 2014
Target decision date
29 December 2014
Permission expires
16 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simon Smith Design
Agent address
Unit 7 Pearson Ind Estate Colliery Hetton-le-Hole County Durham DH5 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2014
Site notice end
3 December 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03746887
Documents
13

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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