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Units 1-5 Front Street Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4JB

DM/20/01747/VOCVariation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 September 2020

Fast Track

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

Proposal

Variation of condition 11 of planning permission DM/15/01703/FPA to allow shop units to open 1 hour earlier from 6am Monday to Sunday

Received
3 July 2020
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Lumley (Historic)
Agent
ELG Planning
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Units 1-5 Front Street Great Lumley Chester-le-Street DH3 4JB. Durham has handled 1,532 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 postcode area.

100% of conditions 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
DH3 4JB
Application type
Variation of Condition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Lumley

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2020
Consultation expiry
6 August 2020
Consultation start
16 July 2020
Consultation end
6 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2020
Last date for comments
6 August 2020
Target decision date
2 September 2020
Permission expires
11 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
ELG Planning
Agent address
Gateway House 55 Coniscliffe Road Darlington DL3 7EH

Planning decision

Case officer
Connor Willis
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08853060
Documents
6

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2020
    3 Jul

    Variation of condition 11 of planning permission DM/15/01703/FPA

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DM/20/01747/VOC
  2. 2015
    1 Jun

    Proposed change of use including internal and external alterations, new car parking and retention of existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationPart ofDM/15/01703/FPA

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