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Westacre Urpeth Hall High Urpeth Stanley DH9 0SE

DM/17/01684/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 August 2017

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Proposal

Erection of new house and garage block, with demolition of existing building

Received
19 May 2017
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Pelton
Agent
Blake Hopkinson Architecture LLP
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.20 Jun
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Westacre Urpeth Hall High Urpeth Stanley DH9 0SE. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 3 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Pelton. We hold 1,473 applications in total for the DH9 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
DH9 0SE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Urpeth

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2017
Consultation expiry
30 June 2017
Consultation start
30 May 2017
Consultation end
20 June 2017
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2017
Neighbour consultation end
20 June 2017
Last date for comments
30 June 2017
Target decision date
21 July 2017
Permission expires
1 August 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blake Hopkinson Architecture LLP
Architect profile
BLAKE HOPKINSON ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
11 New Quay North Shields NE29 6LQ UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 June 2017
Advertisement expiry
30 June 2017
Site notice start
6 June 2017
Site notice end
27 June 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06085556
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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