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1A Arcadia Ouston Chester-le-street DH2 1RF

DM/16/00759/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 28 July 2016

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop (use class A1) to restaurant and takeaway (mixed use A3 and A5) and erection of awnings

Received
7 March 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Pelton
  1. Received7 Mar
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1A Arcadia Ouston Chester-le-street DH2 1RF. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 143 days, 12 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Pelton. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the DH2 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
DH2 1RF
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ouston

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2016
Consultation expiry
27 June 2016
Consultation start
13 June 2016
Consultation end
27 June 2016
Neighbour consultation start
21 July 2016
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2016
Last date for comments
27 June 2016
Target decision date
1 June 2016
Committee meeting
28 July 2016
Decision issued
29 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Connolly Terrace Blackhall Mill Newcastle Upon Tyne NE17 7TR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
14 April 2016
Site notice end
5 May 2016

Additional information

Documents
21

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    7 Mar

    Change of use from shop (use class A1) to restaurant and takeaway (mixed use A3 and A5) and erection of…

    This applicationRefusedFullDM/16/00759/FPA
  2. 2016
    7 Mar

    Erection of two illuminated signs and awnings

    WithdrawnAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDM/16/00760/AD

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