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Old Co Op Buildings Front Street Burnopfield NE16 6LX

DM/20/00435/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 April 2020

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Convert basement area into a 2-bedroom 2 floor flat (to numbered as 7A)

Received
18 February 2020
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Burnopfield and Dipton
Agent
Mario Minchella Architects
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Co Op Buildings Front Street Burnopfield NE16 6LX. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,520 applications in total for the NE16 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
NE16 6LX
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2020
Consultation expiry
1 April 2020
Consultation start
26 February 2020
Consultation end
18 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2020
Last date for comments
1 April 2020
Target decision date
21 April 2020
Permission expires
20 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mario Minchella Architects
Agent address
Unit 4, Witney Way Hi-Tech Village Boldon Business Park Boldon NE35 9PE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2020
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2020
Site notice start
11 March 2020
Site notice end
1 April 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08494276
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Burnopfield
  • 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.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    5 Apr

    Replacement windows to front.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/24/00910/FPA
  2. 2020
    28 Jul

    Installation of a shop frontage (retrospective)

    RefusedFull Planning ApplicationDM/20/02039/FPA
  3. 2019
    24 Apr

    Sign displaying name of business

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentDM/19/01314/AD
  4. 2019
    24 Apr

    Change of use from A2 to D1 for a podiatrist clinic

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/19/01313/FPA
  5. 2018
    21 Dec

    Variation of Condition Number(s): 1 pursuant to DM/17/01487/VOC

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/18/03887/VOC
  6. 2017
    4 May

    Variation of condition 2 of DM/15/02517/FPA

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/17/01487/VOC

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