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Land North Of The Hermitage Academy And West Of Gainford Chester-le-Street

DM/17/03238/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 September 2018

Council decision: Approved subject to S106Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of 78 no units of 2, 3 and 4-bed dwellings with associated garages, parking, and garages.

Received
3 October 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Chester-le-Street West Central
Agent
Queensberry Design
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated16 Oct
  3. Consult.1 Jan
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 339 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North Of The Hermitage Academy And West Of Gainford Chester-le-Street. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 352 days, 42 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
78
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 October 2017
Consultation expiry
1 January 2018
Consultation start
11 December 2017
Consultation end
1 January 2018
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2018
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2017
Last date for comments
5 December 2017
Target decision date
15 January 2018
Permission expires
20 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Queensberry Design
Agent address
Suite 2A Metro House Metrocentre Gateshead NE11 9NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
23 November 2017
Site notice start
1 November 2017
Site notice end
22 November 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06404622
Documents
92

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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