Manor House Care Home 87 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QN
Proposal
Conversion of Manor House Care Home into three dwellings and the development of 11 new houses on the site adjacent to the Care Home.
- Received
- 21 November 2014
- Decided
- 2 November 2015 · Approved
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Leadgate and Medomsley
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- ReceivedReceived21 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Mar
- Consult.Consultation20 Apr
- TargetTarget Date8 Jun
- DecidedDecided2 Nov
Decided in 238 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application at Manor House Care Home 87 Manor Road Medomsley Consett DH8 6QN. Durham has handled 11,059 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 346 days, 42 weeks longer than Durham's median. The site is in the Medomsley conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,303 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
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- Conservation area: Medomsley
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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