The Cottage 18 Hill Top Esh Durham DH7 9RL
Approved on 22 May 2019
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Retrospective application for erection of timber storage building including change of use from small holding to land used for log splitting & storage of timber
- Received
- 5 March 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Esh and Witton Gilbert
- Agent
- CSM Architects
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation28 May
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided22 May
Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Cottage 18 Hill Top Esh Durham DH7 9RL. 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 1,248 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 9RL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Esh
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 28 May 2019
- Consultation start
- 7 May 2019
- Consultation end
- 28 May 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 March 2019
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 March 2019
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2019
- Target decision date
- 1 May 2019
- Permission expires
- 22 May 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CSM Architects
- Agent address
- 1 Boyd Street Shieldfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 1AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-07663859
- Documents
- 12
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.
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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