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The Moorlands Townfield Consett DH8 9UW

DM/22/01884/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 17 August 2022

Householder (No Objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of garage into habitable space

Received
24 June 2022
Decision level
Householder (No Objection)
Ward
Weardale (Historic)
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Aug
  4. Target29 Aug
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at The Moorlands Townfield Consett DH8 9UW. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. 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 9UW
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hunstanworth

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2022
Consultation expiry
3 August 2022
Consultation start
13 July 2022
Consultation end
3 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start
13 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
3 August 2022
Last date for comments
3 August 2022
Target decision date
29 August 2022
Decision issued
19 August 2022
Permission expires
19 August 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • National Landscape (AONB): North Pennines
  • 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, 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, 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.

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