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1 Turner Street Blackhill Consett DH8 8NQ

DM/19/03897/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 March 2020

Fast Track

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of two flats into ground floor flat, first floor flat and 1 no. duplex flat.

Received
13 December 2019
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Consett North
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 68 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 Turner Street Blackhill Consett DH8 8NQ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. 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 8NQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2020
Consultation expiry
9 March 2020
Consultation start
2 March 2020
Consultation end
9 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
9 January 2020
Neighbour consultation end
30 January 2020
Last date for comments
30 January 2020
Target decision date
4 March 2020
Permission expires
16 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
170 New Ridley Road Stocksfield NE43 7EL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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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