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Southdene Medical Centre Front Street Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2LT

DM/16/00167/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 March 2016

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Proposal

Removal of existing patient entrance door and entrance lobby with double entrance doors, with openings made good with insertion of windows, matching brick and render. New double entrance door to be installed with raised levels for disabled access. within existing structural opening to match existing adjacent windows style and material, remaining brickwork to be bricked up to match adjacent materials.

Received
18 January 2016
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Shotton and South Hetton
Agent
Howarth Litchfield Partnership
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Southdene Medical Centre Front Street Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2LT. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
DH6 2LT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotton

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2016
Consultation expiry
16 February 2016
Consultation start
26 January 2016
Consultation end
16 February 2016
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2016
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2016
Last date for comments
19 February 2016
Target decision date
15 March 2016
Permission expires
10 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Howarth Litchfield Partnership
Architect profile
HOWARTH LITCHFIELD PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
Mr Callum Dowd 4 Old Elvet Durham Durham County Durham DH1 3HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04744807
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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