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Howden Dene Garage Pemberton Road Consett DH8 9BA

DM/21/01107/FPAFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 14 September 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to agriculture and erection of livestock building for pig bed and breakfast.

Received
29 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Consett South
Agent
RBA Town Planning
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated6 Apr
  3. Consult.9 Sep
  4. Target1 Jun
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 161 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Howden Dene Garage Pemberton Road Consett DH8 9BA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 16 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Consett South. 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 9BA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 April 2021
Consultation expiry
9 September 2021
Consultation start
6 September 2021
Consultation end
9 September 2021
Last date for comments
19 May 2021
Target decision date
1 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
RBA Town Planning
Agent address
City West Business Park Building 3 Gelderd Road Leeds LS12 6LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

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

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00051/REF
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3286175
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 March 2022Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09682994
Documents
21

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.

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