6 Hillcrest Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6ND
Approved on 7 May 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Part retrospective application to form gabion walls to create terraced platforms and the installation of a single summerhouse/cabin structure. (amended 15/2/21)
- Received
- 13 November 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Burnopfield And Dipton (Historic)
- Agent
- Derwent Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Dec
- Consult.Consultation5 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 Feb
- DecidedDecided7 May
Decided in 151 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 6 Hillcrest Burnopfield Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 6ND. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 17 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnopfield conservation area. There have been 2 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 6ND
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 December 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 5 April 2021
- Consultation start
- 22 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 5 April 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 April 2021
- Last date for comments
- 5 April 2021
- Target decision date
- 1 February 2021
- Permission expires
- 7 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Derwent Architectural Services
- Agent address
- 5 Carnforth Gardens Rowlands Gill Tyne & Wear NE39 2PQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 December 2020
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 January 2021
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2020
- Site notice end
- 5 January 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 49
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20248 Oct
Reduce height of several trees around the boundary line of the rear garden. All to be reduced by up to 1/3 of…
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/24/02745/TCA - 20219 Aug
Felling of one Cherry tree (Section 211 notice)
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/21/02822/TCA - 201622 Aug
Felling of six trees (Section 211 Notice)
ApprovedTrees in a Conservation AreaDM/16/02721/TCA - 200728 Nov
Pitched roof and creation of balcony
ApprovedFull Planning Application1/2007/0998/63386
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