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Former LG Philips Site Belmont Industrial Estate Road Durham

DM/15/02309/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 30 October 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 5 No. B1 office blocks (4,532 sq.m GIA) and A1 / A3 unit (88 sq.m GIA) with associated vehicular and pedestrian access, car parking, landscaping, bin stores and external plant

Received
24 July 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Belmont
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 95 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Former LG Philips Site Belmont Industrial Estate Road Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Belmont.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2015
Consultation expiry
20 August 2015
Consultation start
29 July 2015
Consultation end
19 August 2015
Neighbour consultation start
29 July 2015
Neighbour consultation end
19 August 2015
Last date for comments
24 August 2015
Target decision date
26 October 2015
Permission expires
30 October 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr G Swarbrick Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington County Durham DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 August 2015
Site notice start
30 July 2015
Site notice end
20 August 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04373930
Documents
45

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.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    17 Jul

    Erection of 9no. B2/B8 blocks (total floorspace of 21,073 square metres) together with associated car parking…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/20/01923/FPA
  2. 2020
    24 Feb

    Removal of condition 5 (public art) of planning permission DM/18/03605/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/20/00495/VOC
  3. 2019
    7 Jun

    Erection of 2no. blocks comprising a total of 14 no. industrial units (B2/B8) together with associated car…

    WithdrawnFull Planning ApplicationDM/19/01836/FPA
  4. 2018
    26 Nov

    Variation/removal of condition number(s): 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 pursuant to planning…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/18/03605/VOC
  5. 2018
    2 Nov

    Erection of 3no. blocks comprising 6no. industrial units (Use Class B2/B8) with associated car parking and…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/18/03358/FPA
  6. 2018
    23 Feb

    Non-material amendment to DM/16/01744/VOC

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentDM/18/00627/NMA

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