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131 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8RP

DM/21/00498/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 April 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop (now vacant) with storage area and residential accommodation to first floor, to a mixed use salon for podiatry, minor medical and beauty treatments to the ground floor and change of use of room(s) on the first floor to residential use as part of the existing flat. Replacement of Shop front and installation of new illuminated signage.

Received
16 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benfieldside (Historic)
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 131 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8RP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 8RP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
24 March 2021
Consultation start
9 March 2021
Consultation end
24 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2021
Last date for comments
24 March 2021
Target decision date
26 April 2021
Permission expires
26 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
C Donkin
Agent address
11 Tempest Court Wynyard Billingham TS22 5TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09526788
Documents
14

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

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. 2021
    16 Feb

    Change of use from shop (now vacant) with storage area and residential accommodation to first floor, to a…

    This applicationApprovedFullDM/21/00498/FPA
  2. 2021
    16 Feb

    Illuminated fascia sign to front of property

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongsideDM/21/00499/AD

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