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Part Ground Floor 2 - 4 Front Street Annfield Plain DH9 8HY

DM/18/03240/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 January 2019

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Proposal

Change of use of part of ground floor of House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) to A3 restaurant in association with existing hot food take-away (A5) and change of use of part of ground floor of HMO and existing A1 retail unit to A2 (Estate Agents). Minor alterations to front elevation.

Received
25 October 2018
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Annfield Plain
Agent
PGM Architectural and Planning Services
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated6 Nov
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided7 Jan

Decided in 62 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Part Ground Floor 2 - 4 Front Street Annfield Plain DH9 8HY. 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 the Annfield Plain conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 8HY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanley

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 November 2018
Consultation expiry
6 December 2018
Consultation start
7 November 2018
Consultation end
28 November 2018
Neighbour consultation start
7 November 2018
Neighbour consultation end
28 November 2018
Last date for comments
6 December 2018
Target decision date
1 January 2019
Permission expires
7 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
PGM Architectural and Planning Services
Agent address
18 Grasmere Gardens South Shields Tyne And Wear NE34 0DZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 November 2018
Advertisement expiry
6 December 2018
Site notice start
8 November 2018
Site notice end
29 November 2018

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Annfield Plain
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Annfield Plain
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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