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4 Marshall Terrace Gilesgate Durham DH1 2HT

DM/22/03174/CEUCertificate of Lawfulness Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 21 December 2022

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Seeking certificate of lawfulness for a C3 Dwelling house to become a C4 use class, due to the property being used as a C4 HMO since pre-article 4 in 2016.

Received
27 October 2022
Decision level
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing
Ward
Belmont
Agent
Architectural Base Consultancy.
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided21 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 4 Marshall Terrace Gilesgate Durham DH1 2HT. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. 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.

96% of amendment 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 2HT
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2022
Consultation expiry
24 November 2022
Consultation start
1 November 2022
Neighbour consultation start
1 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
22 November 2022
Last date for comments
24 November 2022
Target decision date
23 December 2022
Decision issued
22 December 2022
Permission expires
22 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architectural Base Consultancy.
Agent address
5A Vermont House Concord Washington NE37 2SQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
3 November 2022
Site notice end
24 November 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11648033
Documents
5

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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