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40 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8LU

DM/21/00974/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 May 2021

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Split of existing retail unit to create a new small retail unit fronting Durham Road, with associated new shopfront works. Existing retail unit to remain as existing use.

Received
19 March 2021
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Consett North
Agent
far north studio ltd
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 40 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 8LU. Durham has handled 11,057 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. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. 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 8LU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2021
Consultation expiry
20 May 2021
Consultation start
29 April 2021
Consultation end
20 May 2021
Neighbour consultation start
29 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
20 May 2021
Last date for comments
20 May 2021
Target decision date
14 May 2021
Permission expires
28 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
far north studio ltd
Architect profile
FAR NORTH STUDIO LTD
Agent address
Tower House Lartington Barnard Castle DL12 9BP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 April 2021
Site notice end
19 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09648314
Documents
12

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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© 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.

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