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61 Riding Hill Great Lumley Chester-le-street DH3 4HP

DM/22/01901/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 January 2023

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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolish existing outhouse and garage and construct new single storey double garage. Widen driveway and construct new boundary wall and railings/gates to front and sides of front garden. (amended 30/11/22)

Received
30 June 2022
Decision level
Fast Track
Ward
Lumley (Historic)
Agent
Gary Craig Architectural Services Ltd.
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided17 Jan

Decided in 200 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 61 Riding Hill Great Lumley Chester-le-street DH3 4HP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 201 days, 21 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 670 applications in total for the DH3 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
DH3 4HP
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Lumley

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2022
Consultation expiry
14 December 2022
Consultation start
30 November 2022
Consultation end
14 December 2022
Neighbour consultation start
30 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
14 December 2022
Last date for comments
14 December 2022
Target decision date
26 August 2022
Permission expires
17 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gary Craig Architectural Services Ltd.
Architect profile
GARY CRAIG ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
10 Fulmar Walk Whitburn SR6 7BW undefined

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarah Seabury
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11365756
Documents
17

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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