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Wood View Community Centre Wood View Langley Park Durham DH7 9SS

DM/17/00935/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 August 2017

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing former community centre and construction of 14 new build houses and associated footway and landscaping

Received
20 March 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Esh and Witton Gilbert
Agent
Swale Valley Construction Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.29 May
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 153 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wood View Community Centre Wood View Langley Park Durham DH7 9SS. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 9SS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Esh

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2017
Consultation expiry
29 May 2017
Consultation start
12 May 2017
Consultation end
29 May 2017
Neighbour consultation start
21 June 2017
Neighbour consultation end
21 April 2017
Last date for comments
29 May 2017
Target decision date
23 June 2017
Permission expires
24 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Swale Valley Construction Ltd
Agent address
Colburn Business Park Catterick Garrison Catterick North Yorkshire DL9 4QN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 April 2017
Advertisement expiry
4 May 2017
Site notice start
24 April 2017
Site notice end
15 May 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05921395
Documents
53

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Langley Park Community CentreRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    2 Nov

    Non material amendment to planning permission reference DM/17/00935/FPA

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentDM/17/03629/NMA
  2. 2017
    20 Mar

    Demolition of existing former community centre and construction of 14 new build houses and associated footway…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/17/00935/FPA

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