Durham Community Business College Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG

DM/22/02956/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 April 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of new single storey classroom education block with external works including new hardstanding and other associated works (amended)

Received: 5 October 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Deerness

ReceivedReceived5 Oct
ValidatedValidated31 Oct
Consult.Consultation31 Mar
TargetTarget Date26 Dec
DecidedDecided6 Apr

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Durham Community Business College Bracken Court Ushaw Moor Durham DH7 7NG. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 18 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Deerness. 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 7NG
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Brandon And Byshottles

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 October 2022
Consultation expiry: 31 March 2023
Consultation start: 17 March 2023
Consultation end: 31 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 17 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 31 January 2023
Last date for comments: 31 January 2023
Target decision date: 26 December 2022
Permission expires: 6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Eddisons
Agent address: Cathedral Buildings Dean Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 1PG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 23 November 2022
Site notice end: 14 December 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11574549
Documents: 38

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Green belt: County DurhamPart of the site
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, 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.

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Source: Durham

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