Bell And Ridley Reform Place North Road Durham DH1 4RZ
Approved on 1 September 2023
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolish building, clear site, construct a wooden pergola for outdoor seating area and change of use to mixed A3 (café/restaurant) and A4 (Drinking Establishment).
- Received
- 22 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet and Gilesgate
- ReceivedReceived22 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jul
- Consult.Consultation5 Sep
- TargetTarget Date29 Aug
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bell And Ridley Reform Place North Road Durham DH1 4RZ. Durham has handled 11,057 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 2 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4RZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 5 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 22 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 5 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 10 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 10 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 1 September 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 19 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 9 August 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Durham City
- 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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