Belmont Church Of England Junior School Buckinghamshire Road Belmont Durham DH1 2QP

DM/23/00294/FPAFull Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 11 January 2024

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing school buildings with the exception of the drama block

Received: 3 February 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: Durham County Council
Ward: Belmont (Historic)
Agent: DPP Planning

ReceivedReceived3 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation12 Dec
TargetTarget Date4 May
DecidedDecided11 Jan

Decided in 322 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Belmont Church Of England Junior School Buckinghamshire Road Belmont Durham DH1 2QP. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 342 days, 41 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. There have been 11 other applications at this address. 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 2QP
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Belmont

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2023
Consultation expiry: 12 December 2023
Consultation start: 21 November 2023
Consultation end: 12 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 4 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 21 March 2023
Last date for comments: 30 March 2023
Target decision date: 4 May 2023
Permission expires: 11 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: DPP Planning
Agent address: Studio 012 Haylofts St Thomas Street Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4LE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 70 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 March 2023
Advertisement expiry: 30 March 2023
Site notice start: 7 March 2023
Site notice end: 28 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11883132
Documents: 92

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.

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Associated applications

2025
14 Feb
Discharge of Condition 6 (Surface water management plan) pursuant to Planning Permission No. DM/23/00294/FPA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsDM/25/00440/DRC
2023
3 Feb
Demolition of existing school buildings with the exception of the drama block
This applicationApprovedFullDM/23/00294/FPA

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Source: Durham

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