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34 St Cuthberts Avenue Benfieldside Consett DH8 0LS

DM/17/00963/HPNHouseholder Prior NotificationApproved
Householder

Approved on 18 April 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredHPN (No Objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification application for the erection of a single storey rear extension with a projection of 4 metres, an eaves height of 2.5 metres and a total height of 3.8 metres.

Received
17 March 2017
Decision level
HPN (No Objection)
Ward
Benfieldside
Agent
Cummings Chartered Architects
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 34 St Cuthberts Avenue Benfieldside Consett DH8 0LS. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 3 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

89% of outline 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
Householder Prior Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2017
Consultation expiry
14 April 2017
Consultation end
14 April 2017
Neighbour consultation start
24 March 2017
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2017
Last date for comments
14 April 2017
Target decision date
3 May 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cummings Chartered Architects
Agent address
17 Killingworth Drive Sunderland Tyne And Wear SR4 8QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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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