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The Old School House Colliery Road Bearpark Durham DH7 7AU

DM/22/00116/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 March 2022

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from dwelling to mixed use as dwelling and bed and breakfast.

Received
17 January 2022
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Deerness (Historic)
Agent
Hugh Massey Architects
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Old School House Colliery Road Bearpark Durham DH7 7AU. 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 1,248 applications in total for the DH7 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
DH7 7AU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bearpark

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2022
Consultation expiry
18 February 2022
Consultation start
31 January 2022
Consultation end
14 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2022
Last date for comments
18 February 2022
Target decision date
15 March 2022
Permission expires
15 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hugh Massey Architects
Agent address
designhaus 205 Park Road South Moor Stanley DH97QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 January 2022
Site notice end
18 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10540472
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

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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