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Garage Blocks To Rear Of 55-61 Gore Hill Estate Thornley DH6 3DT

DM/20/02496/PNDPrior Notification DemolitionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 September 2020

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredFast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior notification for demolition of 19 redundant garages.

Received
28 August 2020
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Trimdon and Thornley
  1. Received28 Aug
  2. Validated28 Aug
  3. Consult.28 Sep
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Garage Blocks To Rear Of 55-61 Gore Hill Estate Thornley DH6 3DT. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 postcode area.

89% of outline 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
DH6 3DT
Application type
Prior Notification Demolition
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thornley

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 August 2020
Consultation expiry
28 September 2020
Consultation start
7 September 2020
Consultation end
28 September 2020
Target decision date
24 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Durham County Council
Agent address
St Johns Road Meadowfield Industrial Estate Meadowfield DH7 8XQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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