The Cricketers 66 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 5TH
Approved on 6 February 2023
Fast Track
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Proposal
Erection of single storey double garage and external staircase to rear (both serving upper floor residential flat)
- Received
- 11 October 2022
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Consett North
- Agent
- MWE Architects
- ReceivedReceived11 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation17 Jan
- TargetTarget Date26 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at The Cricketers 66 Durham Road Blackhill Consett DH8 5TH. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Blackhill conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Consett North. 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 5TH
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 17 January 2023
- Consultation start
- 10 January 2023
- Consultation end
- 17 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 November 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2022
- Last date for comments
- 1 December 2022
- Target decision date
- 26 December 2022
- Decision issued
- 7 February 2023
- Permission expires
- 7 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWE Architects
- Agent address
- Unit 1 Bearl farm Stocksfield NE43 7AL United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 November 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 December 2022
- Site notice start
- 8 November 2022
- Site notice end
- 29 November 2022
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11609472
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blackhill
- 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, 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.
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