Blocks 4, 5 And 7 Former LG Philips Site Belmont Industrial Estate Road Durham
Approved on 27 April 2016
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of units from B1 Office Use to Class B2 / B8 with associated external alterations
- Received
- 3 December 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Belmont
- ReceivedReceived3 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Feb
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 141 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Blocks 4, 5 And 7 Former LG Philips Site Belmont Industrial Estate Road Durham. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 13 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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
- Small
- Parish
- Belmont
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 December 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 10 February 2016
- Consultation start
- 27 January 2016
- Consultation end
- 10 February 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 December 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 January 2016
- Last date for comments
- 10 February 2016
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2016
- Permission expires
- 27 April 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO: Mr G Swarbrick Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington County Durham DL3 7EH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 December 2015
- Site notice start
- 6 January 2016
- Site notice end
- 27 January 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04661519
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
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)
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Associated applications
- 201726 Jan
Discharge condition 8 of DM/15/03764/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/17/00034 - 20153 Dec
Change of use of units from B1 Office Use to Class B2 / B8 with associated external alterations
This applicationApprovedFullDM/15/03764/FPA
Source: Durham
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