The Old Miners Hall Colliery Road Bearpark Durham DH7 7AU
Approved on 14 June 2024
Council decision: Approved BNG Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of building to form two apartments
- Received
- 15 August 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Deerness (Historic)
- Agent
- Ryder Architects
- ReceivedReceived15 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Sep
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date3 Nov
- DecidedDecided14 Jun
Decided in 645 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Old Miners Hall Colliery Road Bearpark Durham DH7 7AU. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 669 days, 88 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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
- 8 September 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2024
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2024
- Consultation end
- 27 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 September 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 October 2022
- Last date for comments
- 6 October 2022
- Target decision date
- 3 November 2022
- Permission expires
- 14 June 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ryder Architects
- Agent address
- Sylvan Vista Bridge Lane Brancepeth Durham DH7 8DT
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 September 2022
- Site notice end
- 6 October 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Feb
Change of use and conversion of the Old Miners Hall to a residential dwelling with new dropped kerb
PendingApplicationDM/25/03032/FPA - 201010 Dec
Discharge of planning condition 4 pursuant to 4/10/00561
ApprovedDischarge of conditions4/10/00929/DRC - 201027 Jul
Change of use and conversion of building to form retained workshop at ground floor level and self-contained…
ApprovedFull Planning Application4/10/00561/FPA
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