131 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8RP

DM/21/00499/ADAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 21 April 2021

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Illuminated fascia sign to front of property

Received: 16 February 2021
Decision level: Advertisement
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Benfieldside

ReceivedReceived16 Feb
ValidatedValidated1 Mar
Consult.Consultation24 Mar
TargetTarget Date26 Apr
DecidedDecided21 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 131 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8RP. Durham has handled 487 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Benfieldside. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

97% of advertising 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: Advertisement Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 March 2021
Consultation expiry: 24 March 2021
Consultation start: 3 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
Decision issued: 22 April 2021
Permission expires: 22 April 2026

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: 10

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.

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