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6 Leicestershire Drive Belmont Durham DH1 2DB

DM/22/02865/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 21 December 2022

Householder (No Objection)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed porch and garage conversion

Received
27 September 2022
Decision level
Householder (No Objection)
Ward
Belmont
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated5 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Nov
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at 6 Leicestershire Drive Belmont Durham DH1 2DB. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Belmont. We hold 1,246 applications in total for the DH1 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
DH1 2DB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 October 2022
Consultation expiry
7 November 2022
Consultation start
17 October 2022
Neighbour consultation start
17 October 2022
Neighbour consultation end
7 November 2022
Last date for comments
7 November 2022
Target decision date
30 November 2022
Decision issued
22 December 2022
Permission expires
22 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
58 Thorntons Close Pelton Durham DH2 1QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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

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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.

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