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131 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Shotley Bridge DH8 0RR

DM/18/03588/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2019

Householder (No Objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of an existing house to include alterations to an existing window to form a new front door, replacement windows, new doors, renew roof covering, slates, eaves and barge boards. Raise roof to rear to provide additional accommodation at first floor level including construction of new chimney and dormers to front and rear. Existing random rubble stone wall to front to be raised up to 1.8m high.

Received
23 November 2018
Decision level
Householder (No Objection)
Ward
Benfieldside
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 131 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Shotley Bridge DH8 0RR. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 15 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shotley Bridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 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
DH8 0RR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2018
Consultation expiry
20 April 2019
Consultation start
15 April 2019
Consultation end
20 April 2019
Neighbour consultation start
4 April 2019
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2019
Last date for comments
14 April 2019
Target decision date
30 January 2019
Permission expires
1 May 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 December 2018
Advertisement expiry
3 January 2019
Site notice start
10 December 2018
Site notice end
31 December 2018

Additional information

Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shotley Bridge
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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  2. 2021
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    Discharge of conditions 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 pursuant to planning permission DM/18/03588/FPA

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDRC/21/00339
  3. 2018
    23 Nov

    Refurbishment of an existing house to include alterations to an existing window to form a new front door…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/18/03588/FPA

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