39 Front Street Langley Park Durham DH7 9SA
Approved on 28 February 2019
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from retail (use class A1) to hot food takeaway (use class A5).
- Received
- 4 December 2018
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Esh and Witton Gilbert
- Agent
- John Waugh Architect
- ReceivedReceived4 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Feb
- TargetTarget Date30 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Feb
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 Front Street Langley Park Durham DH7 9SA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
- DH7 9SA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Esh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2018
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2019
- Consultation start
- 29 January 2019
- Consultation end
- 12 February 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 7 December 2018
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 December 2018
- Last date for comments
- 9 January 2019
- Target decision date
- 30 January 2019
- Permission expires
- 28 February 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Waugh Architect
- Agent address
- Broadway Studio The Broadway Houghton-le-Spring Tyne And Wear DH4 5AS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 December 2018
- Site notice end
- 9 January 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
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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1 other application at this property, newest first.
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