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The Orchard Hallgarth High Pittington Durham DH6 1AB

DM/22/01537/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 15 March 2023

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of dwelling (Use Class C3) to spa facility (Use Class E(e) including removal of existing front door and installation of new entrance door to northern elevation.

Received
24 May 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Sherburn
Agent
BH Planning & Design
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.19 Dec
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 294 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Orchard Hallgarth High Pittington Durham DH6 1AB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 295 days, 34 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Pittington Hallgarth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. 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 1AB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pittington

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2022
Consultation expiry
22 December 2022
Consultation start
28 November 2022
Consultation end
19 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
6 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 December 2022
Last date for comments
22 December 2022
Target decision date
20 July 2022
Decision issued
16 March 2023
Permission expires
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
BH Planning & Design
Agent address
1 Hood Street Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 6JQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 December 2022
Advertisement expiry
22 December 2022
Site notice start
29 November 2022
Site notice end
20 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11271754
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Pittington Hallgarth
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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