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Wesley Villa 4 The Villas Thornley Durham DH6 3EU

DM/18/02139/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 2 October 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Ground Floor sui-generis (betting office) to A3 (cafe)

Received
16 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Trimdon and Thornley
Agent
Persepolis Architecture Ltd
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.25 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Wesley Villa 4 The Villas Thornley Durham DH6 3EU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 3 weeks longer 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 3EU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thornley

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2018
Consultation expiry
25 September 2018
Consultation start
11 September 2018
Consultation end
25 September 2018
Neighbour consultation start
30 August 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2018
Last date for comments
20 September 2018
Target decision date
2 October 2018
Permission expires
2 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Persepolis Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
PERSEPOLIS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
73 High Street Gosforth Newcastle Upon Tyne NE3 4AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 August 2018
Site notice end
10 September 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07133945
Documents
30

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.

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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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