23 East Lea Thornley Durham DH6 3EA
Approved on 16 April 2018
Fast Track
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Proposal
Proposed construction of a garage and porch to the gable and front of the property respectively, with a drive and car crossing for access. Extension to rear has been deemed to be permitted development.
- Received
- 5 March 2018
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Trimdon and Thornley
- Agent
- Peter Gainey Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a porch at 23 East Lea Thornley Durham DH6 3EA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
- DH6 3EA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Thornley
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 28 March 2018
- Consultation start
- 7 March 2018
- Consultation end
- 28 March 2018
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 March 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 March 2018
- Last date for comments
- 28 March 2018
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2018
- Decision issued
- 17 April 2018
- Permission expires
- 17 April 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Peter Gainey Architectural Services
- Architect profile
- PETER GAINEY ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 50 Granville Avenue Hartlepool TS26 8NB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06728807
- Documents
- 10
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)
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.
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