Cafe On The Green Almshouses Palace Green Durham DH1 3RL
Approved on 10 October 2023
Fast Track
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Proposal
Encapsulation of asbestos within the roof void of Cosin's Almshouses
- Received
- 21 July 2023
- Decision level
- Fast Track
- Council
- Durham County Council
- Ward
- Elvet And Gilesgate (Historic)
- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated24 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Sep
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Cafe On The Green Almshouses Palace Green Durham DH1 3RL. Durham has handled 451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Durham City conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,244 applications in total for the DH1 postcode area.
95% of heritage 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 3RL
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- City Of Durham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 22 September 2023
- Consultation start
- 22 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 12 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 22 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2023
- Decision issued
- 11 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 11 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Durham University
- Agent address
- Upper Mountjoy Stockton Road Durham DH1 3LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 August 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 1 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 22 September 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12332020
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Durham City
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 (19)
flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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