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28 Potto Street Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2LA

DM/21/01873/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from bakery/sandwich bar to mixed use as hot food takeaway/sandwich bar (sui generis).

Received
24 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shotton And South Hetton (Historic)
Agent
Simulations Ltd.
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 34 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 28 Potto Street Shotton Colliery Durham DH6 2LA. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,182 applications in total for the DH6 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
DH6 2LA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shotton

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2021
Consultation expiry
9 July 2021
Consultation start
16 June 2021
Consultation end
7 July 2021
Neighbour consultation start
16 June 2021
Neighbour consultation end
7 July 2021
Last date for comments
9 July 2021
Target decision date
11 August 2021
Permission expires
20 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simulations Ltd.
Architect profile
SIMULATIONS LIMITED
Agent address
The Old Forge Seaton Lane Seaham SR7 0LS United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
John Russell
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 June 2021
Site notice end
9 July 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09862980
Documents
9

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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© 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.

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    24 May

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2007
    14 Jun

    3 residential units (reserved matters)

    ApprovedReserved matters5/PLAN/2007/0403

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