25 St Cuthberts Avenue Benfieldside Consett DH8 0LS
Approved on 1 July 2016
Fast Track
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Proposal
Erection of single storey side extension
- Received
- 26 May 2016
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Benfieldside
- Agent
- Cummings Architects Limited
- ReceivedReceived26 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation21 Jun
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey side extension at 25 St Cuthberts Avenue Benfieldside Consett DH8 0LS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 0LS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 21 June 2016
- Consultation end
- 21 June 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 May 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 June 2016
- Last date for comments
- 27 June 2016
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2016
- Decision issued
- 5 July 2016
- Permission expires
- 5 July 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cummings Architects Limited
- Architect profile
- CUMMINGS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 17 Killingworth Drive Sunderland SR4 8QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Durham
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