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Hobsons Buildings North Road Annfield Plain DH9 8EU

DM/14/03297/FPAFull Planning ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 27 January 2015

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from motor showroom / offices to hair salon, tattoo studio and beauty / manicure parlour (ground floor) and retail (first floor) with associated external alterations to front elevation (part retrospective)

Received
29 October 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Annfield Plain
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided27 Jan

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Hobsons Buildings North Road Annfield Plain DH9 8EU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 90 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Annfield Plain conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 8EU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2014
Consultation expiry
25 December 2014
Consultation start
19 November 2014
Consultation end
10 December 2014
Neighbour consultation start
19 November 2014
Neighbour consultation end
10 December 2014
Last date for comments
25 December 2014
Target decision date
12 January 2015
Decision issued
28 January 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
26 Fairisle Ouston Chester-le-street DH2 1JT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 December 2014
Advertisement expiry
25 December 2014
Site notice start
27 November 2014
Site notice end
18 December 2014

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2014
    29 Oct

    Change of use from motor showroom / offices to hair salon, tattoo studio and beauty / manicure parlour…

    This applicationWithdrawnFullDM/14/03297/FPA
  2. 2014
    29 Oct

    Advertisement consent for the retention of existing fascia sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDM/14/03504/AD

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