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29 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL

DM/22/01734/PIPPermission In PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 August 2022

Fast Track

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Permission in Principle for up to 3no. dwellings (1no. minimum; 3no. maximum)

Received
8 June 2022
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Benfieldside (Historic)
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 29 Queens Road Blackhill Consett DH8 0BL. Durham has handled 1,089 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,314 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

89% of outline 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 0BL
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2022
Consultation expiry
21 July 2022
Consultation start
22 June 2022
Consultation end
13 July 2022
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2022
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2022
Last date for comments
21 July 2022
Target decision date
27 July 2022
Permission expires
17 August 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 June 2022
Site notice end
21 July 2022

Additional information

Documents
11

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    9 Dec

    Tree removal - T0762 Norway Spruce, T0763 Sycamore, T0764 Norway Spruce, T0769 Ash, T0770 Ash, T0771 Norway…

    ApprovedTree Preservation OrderDM/19/03814/TPO
  2. 2019
    26 Jul

    Change of use from Bed and Breakfast (C1) to residential dwelling (C3)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/19/02429/FPA
  3. 2016
    23 Nov

    Erection of a hanging sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentDM/16/03770/AD
  4. 2016
    19 Oct

    Change of use from dwelling (C3) to bed and breakfast (C1)

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/16/03343/FPA
  5. 2015
    8 Jul

    Erection of 2 detached houses

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/15/02108/FPA
  6. 2015
    5 Mar

    Change of use of an existing residential care home into a single dwelling house.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationDM/15/00692/FPA

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