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29 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL

DM/15/00692/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 April 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of an existing residential care home into a single dwelling house.

Received
5 March 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. 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 0BL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2015
Consultation expiry
2 April 2015
Consultation start
6 March 2015
Consultation end
27 March 2015
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2015
Neighbour consultation end
27 March 2015
Last date for comments
2 April 2015
Target decision date
1 May 2015
Permission expires
21 April 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2015
Site notice end
2 April 2015

Additional information

Documents
9

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.

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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

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    8 Jun

    Permission in Principle for up to 3no. dwellings (1no. minimum; 3no. maximum)

    ApprovedPermission In PrincipleDM/22/01734/PIP
  2. 2019
    9 Dec

    Tree removal - T0762 Norway Spruce, T0763 Sycamore, T0764 Norway Spruce, T0769 Ash, T0770 Ash, T0771 Norway…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/19/03814/TPO
  3. 2019
    26 Jul

    Change of use from Bed and Breakfast (C1) to residential dwelling (C3)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/19/02429/FPA
  4. 2016
    23 Nov

    Erection of a hanging sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentDM/16/03770/AD
  5. 2016
    19 Oct

    Change of use from dwelling (C3) to bed and breakfast (C1)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/16/03343/FPA
  6. 2015
    8 Jul

    Erection of 2 detached houses

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/15/02108/FPA

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